# STL 118: Dovetail tips and favorite techniques

- Show: [Shop Talk Live](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live)
- Published: 2016-08-19
- Length: 1h 00m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-08-19-stl-118-dovetail-tips-and-favorite-techniques
- Listen: https://shoptalklive.podcast.static.taunton.com/stl-118-dovetail-tips-and-favorite-techniques

## Summary

Matt Kinney, Special Projects Editor at Fine Woodworking, joins host Tom McKenna and Executive Art Director Mike Pekovich to discuss advanced woodworking techniques, including a method for cutting accurate miters on a shooting board without a stop block. The team answers listener questions regarding hand saw purchasing strategies, recommending a circular saw for breakdown and a carcass saw for joinery, and offers tips for cleaning out half-blind dovetail sockets. They also review high-end American-made machinery from Northfield and discuss the benefits of quiet compressors like the Rollair JC-10 for home shops.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-08-19-stl-118-dovetail-tips-and-favorite-techniques#t=1) Introduction: Shop Talk Live and Highland Woodworker TV
- [2:16](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-08-19-stl-118-dovetail-tips-and-favorite-techniques#t=136) Matt Kinney's Mitering Technique and Shooting Board Setup
- [10:26](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-08-19-stl-118-dovetail-tips-and-favorite-techniques#t=626) Hand Saw Buying Advice: Circular Saw and Carcass Saw
- [15:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-08-19-stl-118-dovetail-tips-and-favorite-techniques#t=920) Honing Plane Blades and the Ruler Trick
- [17:31](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-08-19-stl-118-dovetail-tips-and-favorite-techniques#t=1051) Favorite Techniques: Stopped Rabbits and Dovetail Cabinets
- [31:30](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-08-19-stl-118-dovetail-tips-and-favorite-techniques#t=1890) Half-Blind Dovetails: Clearing Waste and Layout
- [37:42](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-08-19-stl-118-dovetail-tips-and-favorite-techniques#t=2262) American-Made Machinery: Northfield and Used Iron
- [44:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-08-19-stl-118-dovetail-tips-and-favorite-techniques#t=2689) Favorite Tools: Wide Chisels and Quiet Compressors
- [55:55](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-08-19-stl-118-dovetail-tips-and-favorite-techniques#t=3355) Table Saw Riving Knives and Blade Selection

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## Most relevant to

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## Mentioned

- Highland Woodworker (other)
- Nielsen (other)
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- Blackburn Tools (other)
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- Lee Nielsen (other)
- Bad Axe (other)
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- Paramattic (other)
- SCMI (other)
- Rollair (company)
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- Grizzly (company)

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