Groovers and Shakers

MAJOR FUNDING FOR "THE WOODWRIGHT'S SHOP" IS PROVIDED BY... [WIND BLOWING] [CAT MEOWS] [THUNDER] [CRASH] [HORN HONKING] WHEN THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS, STATE FARM HAS THE TOOLS TO GET YOU TO A BETTER STATE, PROUD SPONSOR OF "THE WOODWRIGHT'S SHOP."

HEY, WELCOME BACK TO "THE WOODWRIGHT'S SHOP."

I'M ROY UNDERHILL.

I AM SO GLAD YOU CAN BE WITH ME AGAIN TODAY BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO FINISH UP AT LEAST THE DRAWERS ON OUR LITTLE SHAKER TABLE THAT WE BEGAN LAST TIME.

THIS IS JUST A GREAT LITTLE PIECE.

THE ORIGINAL WAS IN CURLY MAPLE.

I'VE DONE IT IN CHERRY HERE.

AND YOCAN SEE IT HAS TWO DRAWERS THERE UNDER THE LID.

SEE, THE SHAKERS DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT WITH EACH OTHER ABOUT WHOSE DRAWERS THEY'RE GETTING INTO.

IN FACT, THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO DO THAT AT ALL.

THEY WERE VERY CHASTE PEOPLE.

BUT ANYWAY, YOU SEE HOW THIS WORKS ALONG ON THIS END.

WE'VE GOT A RAIL ABOVE, AND THEN THE DRAWER COMES OUT IN THE MIDDLE AND A RAIL BELOW.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE ONE PIECE OF WOOD.

WELL, IT WAS.

IN FACT, LET'S...

I'LL JUST TAKE THE DRAWER OUT AND SHOW YOU.

BUT REMEMBER THAT RAIL AND THE RAIL BELOW.

THIS IS HOW WE MADE IT HERE, OUT OF A PIECE THAT WAS ABOUT THE SAME SIZE-- EXACTLY... A LITTLE THICKER THAN THE SIZE OF THE SIDE RAILS.

SO THERE IT IS.

WE HAD THAT ONE PIECE OF CHERRY.

TOOK THAT, AND THEN WITH A PLANE, CUT THE TENON ON THE END DOWN.

WE DID IT ON BOTH ENDS AND THEN SAWED OFF THE TOP PIECE TO MAKE THE RAIL.

SO THAT WENT RIGHT THERE.

THERE'S THE TOP PIECE.

AND THEN THE BOTTOM PIECE TO MAKE THE OTHER RAIL.

THE MIDDLE PART, WITH THE TONGUE SAWN OFF, BECOMES OUR DRAWER FRONT.

IT'S GONNA FIT RIGHT BETWEEN THE TWO RAILS.

ALL RIGHT.

SO... ALL THE REST OF THIS CAN GO ASIDE, BECAUSE NOW THIS IS THE PIECE WE NEED.

NOW LET'S LOOK AT THE DRAWER.

I'VE GOT SOME OF THE LAYOUT LINES ON HERE BECAUSE... WELL, YOU'LL SEE WHAT WE'RE GONNA SPEND A LOT OF TIME DOING.

HERE'S THE DOVETAIL IN QUESTION NOW.

THIS IS CALLED A HALF-BLIND DOVETAIL, IN THAT YOU CAN SEE THE DOVETAILS ONLY ON THE SIDE.

SO YOU'VE GOT THIS BEAUTIFUL GREEN POPLAR, BUT THEN ON THE FRONT, ALL YOU SEE IS THE BEAUTIFUL RED CHERRY.

ALL RIGHT.

BUT IT'S HALF-BLIND, SO YOU CAN SEE IT FROM ONE SIDE RIGHT THERE.

AND I'LL SEE IF I CAN...

IT'S... WELL, THIS ONE IS SO TIGHT, I'M NOT GONNA FOOL WITH IT.

YOU CAN SEE BACK HERE ON THE BACK DRAWER, THE BACK WALL, THE BACKSIDE OF THE DRAWER, IT'S SHORT.

IT DOESN'T COME ALL THE WAY DOWN.

THAT SPACE IS FILLED BY THIS BOTTOM HERE THAT I CAN SLIDE OUT THAT FITS IN A GROOVE DOWN THE WHOLE INSIDE PERIMETER OF THE DRAWER.

SO THERE'S A GROOVE IN THE FRONT RIGHT THERE AND GROOVES ALL THE WAY DOWN THE SIDES.

THE DRAWER FITS IN WITH THE GRAIN ORIENTED THIS WAY.

SO THE GRAIN IS GOING IN THAT DIRECTION.

HERE'S THE TREE GROWING UP.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE WOOD EXPANDS AND CONTRACTS IN THIS DIRECTION WITH HUMIDITY.

SO WHAT WE DO IS, OF COURSE, HAVE THE GROOVES, HAVE THIS GLUED ONLY IN THE FRONT, AND THEN ON THE BACKSIDE, HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SUMMERTIME TO THE SHAKER DRAWERS-- GET TIGHT, THEY EXPAND LIKE THAT, AND THEN IN THE WINTER, THEY CONTRACT LIKE THAT IN THE DRIER WEATHER, BECAUSE THE DRAWERS ARE ALWAYS, ALWAYS MOVING, AS THEY SHOULD.

SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH GROOVING THE FRONT.

LET'S DO THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GROOVE THE FRONT.

AND I THINK I'VE GOT THIS GUY READY TO GO.

YES, I DO.

ALL RIGHT.

AND SO WE'LL CRANK UP OUR END VISE HERE.

[PANTING] NOW, IF YOU EVER GET A CHANCE TO VISIT THE SHAKER VILLAGES, MY GOSH, YOU'LL SEE SOME WONDERFUL WORK BENCHES.

JUST INCREDIBLE.

I'M GONNA USE A PLOW PLANE HERE.

AND THIS IS FROM THE PERIOD, SAY, 1830's OR SO, WHEN THE SHAKERS WERE REALLY AT THEIR PRIME, MAKING WONDERFUL FURNITURE.

IT'S A PLOW PLANE.

3/16" IRON RIGHT THERE.

THAT CUTTER RIGHT THERE WILL CUT 3/16" WIDE.

AND THERE'S THE FENCE.

I'VE GOT IT SET SO THAT THE GROOVE IS GONNA START 3/8" FROM THE FACE RIGHT THERE AND THEN MAYBE 1/4" DEEP WITH THAT LITTLE DEPTH STOP THAT'S DOWN IN THERE.

A LITTLE HARD TO SEE, BUT THERE'S A DEPTH STOP.

YOU CAN SEE THESE TWO PLATES OF STEEL RIGHT THERE.

SO LET'S SEE IT IN ACTION.

A NICE PLOW PLANE ON SOME CHERRY.

AND, AH, THE GRAIN IS WITH US.

SO WE WANT TO PLOW DOWN UNTIL THE DEPTH STOP STOPS.

AND THAT'S IT.

ALL RIGHT.

OOP.

NO.

I WAS FOOLED.

ALL RIGHT.

MY TEMPTATIONS OF THE TEMPORAL WORLD FORCED ME TO STOP BEFORE I WAS DONE.

THERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THAT'S GROOVED RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S GROOVED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO HOLD THAT DRAWER BOTTOM.

NOW, I'VE DONE THE SAME THING WITH THE SIDES, AND THEY'RE ALL READY.

THEY'RE OUT OF POPLAR.

BUT HERE YOU CAN SEE I'VE GOT 4 OF THEM.

AND I'VE ALREADY GOT THE LAYOUT LINES ON THERE-- THE DEPTH LINES, I SHOULD SAY, FOR HOW DEEP THE DOVETAILS ARE GONNA GO.

I'M JUST GONNA KIND OF SKIP OVER THAT BECAUSE WHAT'S IMPORTANT NOW IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SAW THESE DOVETAILS IN A GROUP.

WE'RE GOING TO GANGSAW THE DOVETAILS.

SO I'LL SQUARE THE BOTTOM AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE SQUARE.

I'VE GOT THE GROOVED SIDE DOWN, BECAUSE THAT'S THE TRUE SIDE THERE.

SEE HOW THE GROOVES ARE DOWN THERE?

THE GROOVES ARE FACING EACH OTHER, SQUARE ON THE BOTTOM.

AND I'LL TIGHTEN IT UP.

ALL RIGHT.

[PANTING] THAT'S GONNA GIVE ME A PLACKET WHEN I SAW.

BUT I'VE GOT TO PUT THE GUIDELINE ON IT.

THE THING IS, YOU CAN'T SAW THEM ALL AT ONCE.

YOU HAVE TO DO THAT GUIDELINE.

SO LET'S DO THAT.

I'M GOING TO PUT MY PLACES TO CUT THE DOVETAIL RIGHT HERE.

SO THIS IS THE FRONT SET OF DOVETAILS.

AND I'M GONNA LAY IT OUT IN A VERY QUICK MANNER THAT I USE.

I USE THE CHISEL THAT I'M GOING TO, UH... USE FOR TAKING OUT THE WASTE OF THE DOVETAILS AS A GUIDELINE, AS A BASELINE CUT.

NOW HERE ON THIS ONE-- THIS IS THE BACK OF THE DRAWER.

AND THE BOTTOM DOVETAIL ONLY GOES AS FAR AS THE GROOVE RIGHT THERE.

SO I DON'T PUT THIS ONE HERE.

I PUT IT ABOVE THE GROOVE...

PUT THIS ONE HERE... AND THIS ONE HERE.

SO THIS IS A...

THERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT.

IT'S KIND OF A BACKWARDS WAY OF DOING IT.

SO I'VE GOT BASELINES.

NOW I'M GOING TO GET MY BEVEL AND RUN THOSE LINES UP.

AND I LEAVE THEM A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN I NORMALLY WOULD.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU KNOW... HOW SHOULD I SAY IT?

NO, I NORMALLY LEAVE THEM LONG LIKE THIS.

YOU LEAVE THEM LONGER THAN I NORMALLY WOULD IN MY OLD HABIT.

I'VE LEARNED A BETTER HABIT HERE, IS TO RUN THESE LINES LONG LIKE THAT.

EVEN THOUGH I'M GONNA STOP UP THERE, I RUN THEM LONG, AND IT HELPS GUIDE YOUR EYE AS YOU DO THIS.

YOU CAN CUT MORE ACCURATELY.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT WHEN WE GROUP THESE TOGETHER...

I'LL BE ABLE TO CUT MORE ACCURATELY AS WELL BECAUSE THEY'RE GROUPED UP.

YOU'LL SEE WHAT I MEAN IN JUST A SECOND.

DOING NARROW STOCK IS OFTEN VERY DIFFICULT.

BUT IF WE ALL WORK TOGETHER...SEE?

SO THERE'S THE PATTERN THAT'S GONNA BE TRANSFERRED ACROSS ALL OF THESE PIECES.

NOW...NOW WE CAN DO IT.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT COMES TOGETHER.

CLAMP GOES ON... LIKE THAT.

SQUARE IT UP, BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S GOT TO BE EVEN, AS EVEN AS YOU CAN GET IT.

IT'S NOT CRAZY CRITICAL, THOUGH, BECAUSE WE CAN ACTUALLY, UH... OOP.

NO.

I'VE GOT TO SQUARE IT UP A LITTLE BETTER.

THERE WE ARE.

SINCE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS WHOLE PLACKET NOW AND PUT IT IN THE VISE AND SAW IT ALL AT ONCE, THERE MAY BE SOME VARIATION ACROSS, BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO CUSTOM-CUT THE SOCKETS.

SO GANGSAW ALL THESE PIECES, THE DOVETAILS, BUT THEN WE WILL TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO INDIVIDUALLY CUT EACH OF THE SOCKETS THAT THEY GO INTO.

SO I'M GOING TO RUN THESE LINES ACROSS.

UH, THERE WE ARE.

SO THAT'S THAT... AND THAT... AND THAT... AND...THAT.

NOW, SEE, I'VE EVENED UP FROM THE BOTTOM.

AND SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND SAW.

NOW, WHEN WE SAW DOVETAILS, USUALLY I USE A SAW ABOUT LIKE THIS.

THIS IS A NICE LIE NIELSEN DOVETAIL SAW.

AND I TOLD HIM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS FINE FOR DOING 4, BUT SOMETIMES I WANT TO DO A LONG LINE, LIKE 40 AT A TIME.

AND THAT'S WHEN I HAD HIM... WELL, WE WORKED TOGETHER.

WE CAME UP WITH THE SOLUTION.

THIS IS MY ONE-AND-DONE DOVETAIL SAW.

HA HA HA.

IT WILL DO A WHOLE BUNCH OF DOVETAILS RIGHT AT ONCE.

NOW HERE'S WHERE I WAS TALKING ABOUT ACCURATE.

DO YOU SEE HOW I HAVE MORE OF A LINE ACROSS HERE?

WELL, IT'S EASIER TO SQUARE UP TO THIS LONGER STACK OF WOOD THAN IT IS ONE OF THESE AT A TIME.

ISN'T THIS GREAT?

THESE SAWS ARE WONDERFUL UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WORKING AT THE FAR BENCH, BECAUSE THEN SOMETIMES YOU'LL POKE THEM WITH THE END OF IT HERE.

LET'S SEE.

I'LL GET THIS OTHER ONE.

IT'S LONG ENOUGH I THINK YOU COULD PUT A BUBBLE LEVEL ON TOP HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

THERE WE GO.

AND SO THOSE ARE CUT NOW IN THAT DIRECTION.

WE'RE GONNA NOW SWING OVER AND CUT THIS WAY.

WE'LL TRIM OFF THAT END WITH THE SAW.

AND I WAS THINKING, GOSH, NOW I'VE GOT TO DO A CROSSCUT.

I WAS DOING RIP BEFORE.

I COULD JUST HAVE PART OF THIS SHARPENED CROSSCUT, PART OF IT RIP, AND THEN THE REST OF IT PROGRESSIVE.

SO THERE'S ONE END.

LET ME GET THIS OTHER END HERE.

AND SO ALL OUR DOVETAILS ARE TAKING SHAPE ALL AT ONCE.

NOW HERE'S ONE A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ALIGNMENT.

THAT IS A BAD SHAKER THERE.

I'VE GOT A NAUGHTY SHAKER.

THERE WE ARE.

ALL RIGHT.

SO NOW WE'LL DO THE OTHER END.

AND IT'S CUT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY WHEN YOU DO THE BACK END OF THE, UH... PLACKET OR PACKET HERE.

I'M GONNA PUSH THESE INTO ALIGNMENT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

ALL RIGHT.

THERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT.

AND MOVE THE CLAMP UP.

MY LITTLE SIDES HAVE WARPED A LITTLE BIT WITH THE HUMIDITY.

AND I'VE GOT MY LINES ON THE OTHER SIDE.

SO TURN IT AROUND.

THAT'LL HELP.

AND WE'LL RUN THE LINES ACROSS THE END HERE.

NOW, ON THIS ONE, AGAIN I CUT SQUARE DOWN JUST ABOVE THE GROOVES THERE... AND HERE, HERE, HERE, AND HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

SO AGAIN, WE'LL CUT RIGHT DOWN.

I'LL DO THAT SQUARE ONE RIGHT ABOVE THE GROOVES, BECAUSE THAT'S JUST AS FAR AS THE BACK OF THE DRAWER GOES.

GIVE IT THE SLOPE HERE.

HA HA HA!

THERE WE ARE.

AH...

THERE WE ARE.

AND FINALLY.

ALL RIGHT.

AND I CAN DO THIS SAME THING.

I'M GONNA CUT THAT OFF WITH A CROSSCUT AGAIN.

THAT'S WHERE I WISH MY LONG SAW HAD THE CROSSCUT-SHARPENED SECTION, BUT I'M GONNA JUST... GO SQUARE ACROSS.

AND I SEE I DIDN'T QUITE GET DOWN THERE, DID I?

I GOT YOU.

YOU CAN'T HIDE.

HA HA HA HA!

THERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT.

AND THAT'S CUTTING RIGHT OFF.

OK.

SO THAT WE CAN DO.

WE CAN'T GET THESE OTHERS.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO THEM JUST WITH THE CHISEL.

ALL RIGHT.

SO...LET'S DO IT.

WE'RE GONNA FINISH UP NOW THAT...THESE CUTS, SEPARATING OUT THE DOVETAILS FROM THE REST OF THE WORK.

AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A PROBLEM THAT SOME FOLKS WILL HAVE.

THEY LAY OUT THE DOVES AND THEN FIND, GOSH, THE CHISEL IS TOO BIG TO FIT DOWN IN THERE.

WELL, BECAUSE WE USED THE CHISEL TO LAY IT OUT, WE ARE GUARANTEED A PIECE THAT'S GOING TO FIT.

SO I'LL JUST CUT HALF FROM ONE SIDE AND THEN HALF FROM THE OTHER.

BACK OVER.

I'M GONNA TRIM RIGHT UP TO IT.

[HAMMER TAPS] AND HERE WE GO.

AND THAT'S THAT.

OK.

SO NOW WE'VE GOT OUR DOVETAILS CUT FOR THE FRONT.

AND HERE WE ARE ON THE BACK.

A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

THIS ONE IS SQUARE AT THE BOTTOM.

SO AGAIN, TRY AND HOLD THE CHISEL... DOWN CLOSE TO THE CUTTING END, THE BUSINESS END.

AND THEN YOU CAN FEEL IT COMING DOWN BETWEEN YOUR FINGERS.

[HAMMER TAPS] AND YOU KNOW TO STOP HALFWAY INSTEAD OF... [HAMMER TAPS] GOING ALL THE WAY INTO YOUR BENCH TOP, WHICH WOULD NOT BE GOOD.

SO SLIGHTLY UNDERCUTTING FROM BOTH ENDS.

AND...THERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THERE'S THE BACK END OF OUR DOVETAILS THERE.

ALL RIGHT?

AND YOU CAN SEE THE BACK-- LET ME SHOW YOU THIS AGAIN.

HERE'S THE WAY THAT BACK FITS.

IT ONLY GOES THAT FAR.

WE'VE GOT A BACK THAT COMES RIGHT TO HERE, AND IT LEAVES THAT GROOVE RIGHT THERE CLEAR SO THE BOTTOM CAN FIT IN.

SO IT'LL GO LIKE THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S MOVE ON.

I WANT TO TRANSFER NOW.

AND I'M GONNA USE THE ACTUAL DRAWER TOP AS THE BACK OF MY BRIDGE, BECAUSE I ALWAYS USE A BRIDGE WHEN WE TRANSFER DOVETAILS.

ALL RIGHT.

AND THIS ONE-- AGAIN I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF WARP.

I'M GONNA...HAD TO RESTRIKE THE LINE...

HERE, SO IT'S TWO LINES.

I THINK I KNOW WHICH ONE TO FOLLOW.

GOOD.

AND I'VE GOT MY GROOVES.

BECAUSE THERE'S LEFTS AND RIGHTS FOR EACH OF THESE DRAWER SIDES.

YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS IS READY TO GO RIGHT HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

A LITTLE BIT OF JUNK DOWN IN THERE.

SEE IF I CAN CLEAR THAT OUT.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S GONE.

NOW I NEED MY KNIFE.

DO I HAVE MY KNIFE?

I'LL HAVE TO STRIKE WITH A CHISEL IF I CAN'T PUT MY HAND ON MY KNIFE.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, I CAN DO THAT.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

KNIFE, WHERE ARE YOU?

AH, IT DOESN'T MATTER.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL DO IT WITH, UH...

THE REASON YOU USE A KNIFE WHEN YOU DO THIS-- FOLKS ARE TEMPTED TO USE A PENCIL.

SO SEE, I'VE GOT A LINE THAT'S EXACTLY THE SAME LINE AS I WENT BACK TO MY BASE RIGHT THERE.

AND I CAN'T, UH... GET IT... GET INTO THE LINE THERE.

YOU CAN'T GET IN THERE WITH A PENCIL.

SO IT'S VERY TEMPTING TO SAY, "WELL, GOSH, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A SHARP PENCIL.

WHY DON'T I MARK IT LIKE THAT?"

WELL, I'M GONNA HAVE TO DO IT BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE MY KNIFE AT HAND.

UH, BUT SOMETIMES THESE DOVETAILS ARE SO TIGHT YOU JUST CAN'T GET A PENCIL IN THERE.

IN ANY CASE, THAT PENCIL DELINEATES SPACE THAT YOU WANT TO KEEP.

SO WE'RE GONNA CUT RIGHT BESIDE THOSE PENCIL LINES, NOT UP TO IT.

SO I'M GONNA NOW JUST CUT THE DIAGONAL OF THOSE LINES.

SO YOU CAN SEE HOW EACH ONE OF THESE DOVETAIL SOCKETS NOW IS CUSTOM-CUT TO MATCH.

SEE?

SO VERY IMPORTANT I SAW ON THE WASTE SIDE OF THAT LINE.

SO I'M SAWING RIGHT THERE ON THE WASTE SIDE... LEAVING THE PENCIL LINE.

AND HERE.

AND I'M NOT GOING PAST MY BASELINE.

I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT I MEAN HERE.

I LAID THAT BASELINE.

SOMETIMES I'LL JUST KEEP SAWING WAY DOWN THIS FACE AND REALLY EASE THE WOOD, BUT NOT IN THIS CASE.

I JUST FEEL LIKE IF WE'RE DOING A SHAKER PIECE, THAT'S THE LEAST I CAN DO.

SO I TRIED TO STOP JUST WHEN I CAME DOWN TO THAT BASELINE THAT I HAD LAID OUT.

ALL RIGHT.

SO NOW WE'RE GONNA TAKE OUT THE WOOD THAT'S DOWN IN THERE.

WE'LL WORK A LITTLE CAREFULLY BECAUSE THIS IS CHERRY, WHICH CAN BE VERY BRITTLE.

AND WE CAN EVEN HELP OURSELVES.

THIS IS CALLED, AGAIN, THE HALF-BLIND DOVETAIL.

AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THAT IS.

THEY'LL WEAR THE EYE PATCH, AND, YOU KNOW, SAY THIS IS, OF COURSE, THE HALF-BLIND DOVETAIL.

IT'S THE PIRATE DOVETAIL.

AYE.

SO IT HAS A LOT MORE INSULATION, A MORE "ARR" VALUE, IF YOU SAY.

BUT I FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT ACTUALLY TO WORK THAT WAY.

SO I'M NOT GONNA DO IT.

AH.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GET THAT OUT FOR A MINUTE.

HERE WE GO.

CHERRY IS BRITTLE.

LET'S BE CAREFUL NOW.

[HAMMER TAPS] SO I'VE MADE A STAMP CUT JUST AWAY FROM THE LINE RIGHT THERE.

IT'S AHEAD OF THE LINE A LITTLE BIT.

I'LL DO THE SAME THING OVER HERE.

I'M GONNA DO BOTH OF THESE SIMULTANEOUSLY.

[HAMMER TAPS] ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN COME IN AND SPLIT OUT JUST THAT LITTLE BIT THAT YOU'VE FREED WITH THE CROSS-GRAIN CUT.

SO THAT'S EDGE WORK.

THIS IS WEDGE WORK NOW.

SO WEDGE WOOD.

AND HERE.

NOW WE CAN GO RIGHT INTO THE LINE.

SO ONLY THAT FIRST CUT IS MADE AWAY FROM THE LINE.

THE NEXT ONE--NOW WE'VE MADE ENOUGH SHOULDER THERE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING THE CHISEL, UH... TO KEEP IT FROM CROSSING THE LINE.

GOT TO FIND IT.

HAVE TO FEEL IT JUST RIGHT.

[HAMMER TAPS] AND NOW A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO WORK DOWN BOTH WITH THE EDGE ACTION ACROSS THE GRAIN AND THEN THE WEDGE ACTION DOWN THE GRAIN.

SO WE WANT TO GET RIGHT FLUSH AGAIN.

SO WE CAN GO ALL THE WAY IN.

[HAMMER TAPS] AND HERE.

HOW AM I DOING?

I'M SAVING THAT.

YOU SHOULD SEE THAT PENCIL LINE THAT I DREW ALL THE TIME, OR IF I COULD HAVE FOUND MY KNIFE, I COULD HAVE PUT MY HOT LITTLE HANDS ON IT... [HAMMER TAPS] IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A KNIFE LINE THAT WE'RE GOING UP AGAINST.

WE'LL WORK OUR WAY DOWN.

THERE WE GO.

A LITTLE SCARY WORKING WITH CHERRY... BECAUSE IT WILL SPLIT.

[HAMMER TAPS] BUT WHAT NICE WOOD IT IS.

OH, MAN.

ALL RIGHT.

SO... [HAMMER TAPS] WE DON'T HAVE IT MUCH IN OUR PART OF THE COUNTRY.

I'M MUCH FARTHER SOUTH, AND THE HUMIDITY IS SUCH THAT BLACK KNOT FUNGUS HITS THE CHERRIES... OOH, I'M ALMOST THERE.

GOSH.

I ALMOST WENT RIGHT PAST THE LINE.

AND DEFORMS THEM.

SO THEY NEVER GET REAL BIG AROUND HERE.

YOU GET UP IN A LITTLE HIGHER OR NORTHERN CLIMATES, YOU'VE GOT GOOD BLACK CHERRY.

SEE, I WAS ALMOST TO THE LINE.

WHAT I'M GONNA DO NOW IS PUT A LITTLE BASE UNDER HERE... AND THERE... AND THERE... AND THERE.

THEN, OF COURSE, WE DO ALL THE SIDES LIKE THAT.

RELEASE THE HOLDFAST.

AND NOW WE'RE GONNA TAKE THIS AND PUT IT UPRIGHT IN THE VISE.

SO STAND IT UPRIGHT AND WORK IT DOWN THE GRAIN, KIND OF ROCKING THE CHISEL INTO THAT CUT THAT'S LAID OUT THERE.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE GUIDELINES THAT I LAID ON THE ENDS.

ROCK IN AND TRY AND GET RIGHT UP TO THAT LINE.

AND THEN TWIST OUT.

A LITTLE AXIAL TWIST OF THE CHISEL WILL TAKE OUT THE WOOD.

AND THIS IS WHERE, IF I SEE PEOPLE GET CUT, THIS IS VERY OFTEN WHERE IT HAPPENS.

TRUST THE WOOD-- ALL RIGHT.

I'M GONNA GO TO A SMALLER CHISEL HERE.

THEY TRUST THE WOOD TO PROTECT THEM.

SAY, LIKE, PUSHING LIKE THIS, AND THEY PUT ON THAT SIDE, THAT'LL GO RIGHT THROUGH THERE AND INTO YOUR HAND.

SO GO THROUGH THE GRAIN.

SO THIS IS A TOUGH...

THIS IS A SCARY PART HERE.

SO WORK, AGAIN, WITH THE NARROW CHISEL, BUT AGAIN ROCKING, REGISTERING AGAINST THE FINISHED SURFACE AND ROCK OUT.

AND REGISTER DOWN THE LINE.

AXIAL TWIST, AND I'VE MADE THAT CUT-- THAT LAST CUT I DID WITH THE BIG BROAD CHISEL WAS ALONG THE BOTTOM RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S WHERE IT WILL GO RIGHT THROUGH.

[BLOWS] NOW, ALL ABOUT DONE.

YOU SHOULD SEE THE PENCIL LINE STILL THERE... [BLOWS] ON THERE, BUT LET'S SEE NOW HOW THAT DOVETAIL FITS.

I MAY NEED TO GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT OF A PUSH TO GET IT IN THERE, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AFTER.

SO WE'LL PUT THIS IN.

YOU CAN SEE HOW THE GROOVES ARE LINING UP.

AND ROCK IT DOWN...

IN THERE.

UH...AH, GO, GO, GO.

GO, GO, GO.

ALL RIGHT.

GONNA GIVE IT A LITTLE TAP HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

THERE YOU GO.

SO THAT'S THE HALF-BLIND DOVETAIL.

YOU SEE IT ONLY ON THE SIDE, AND YOU NOTICE THAT YOU DON'T SEE THE GROOVE THERE.

WHERE DID THAT GROOVE GO?

IT'S NOT VISIBLE ANYMORE.

IT'S HOUSED IN THE DOVETAIL, AND THERE IT IS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE DRAWER, READY TO TAKE THE BOTTOM.

SO LET'S TAKE THE BOTTOM HERE.

THAT IS, AGAIN, BEVELED ON THE SIDE.

I'VE GOT A PIECE HERE.

AND WE JUST TAKE IT DOWN.

JUST SHOW YOU REAL QUICK.

TAKE IT DOWN WITH A CHISEL, DRAWKNIFE.

I REALLY ENJOY THIS PART BECAUSE YOU CAN... YOU LEAVE YOUR TOOL MARKS WHEN YOU DO THIS STUFF.

SO IF WE DO IT WITH A CHISEL, WE DO IT WITH A DRAWKNIFE, PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE IT.

BUT HERE'S OUR BOTTOM.

THIS IS THE FRONT NOW THAT'S GONNA FIT IN THE FRONT GROOVE, SO YOU CAN WORK ALONG, JUST PLANING IT DOWN ALL THE WAY AROUND, RUNNING THAT BEVEL.

ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE LONG GRAIN-- LET ME OPEN UP A LITTLE BIT MORE HERE.

THERE WE GO.

PLANES JUST AS NICELY.

AND GIVE US A LITTLE WEIGHT ON THAT END TO HOLD IT BETWEEN THE DOGS.

AND WORK IT DOWN.

GIVE IT A LITTLE MORE IRON.

AND JUST PLANE IT DOWN TO FIT.

YEAH.

THERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT.

WE CAN TRY AND DO A NICE JOB.

BRING THAT DOWN TO A NICE BEVEL, AND THAT GIVES US A DRAWER THAT WILL SLIDE IN JUST LIKE THAT AND BE ABLE TO EXPAND OUT TO THE ENDS, AND THAT'S A DRAWER READY TO GO INTO OUR LITTLE SHAKER TABLE.

AND AS THEY SAY, AS MOTHER ANN WOULD TELL YOU, YOU WORK AS IF YOU WOULD LIVE A THOUSAND YEARS AND AS... AS IF YOU KNEW YOU WOULD DIE TOMORROW.

WELL, I'M GONNA END RIGHT HERE AND NOW.

BUT THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME.

THIS HAS BEEN ROY UNDERHILL HERE IN "THE WOODWRIGHT'S SHOP."

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

SO LONG.

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MAJOR FUNDING FOR "THE WOODWRIGHT'S SHOP" IS PROVIDED BY... [WIND BLOWING] [CAT MEOWS] [THUNDER] [CRASH] [HORN HONKING] WHEN THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS, STATE FARM HAS THE TOOLS TO GET YOU TO A BETTER STATE, PROUD SPONSOR OF "THE WOODWRIGHT'S SHOP."

ROY UNDERHILL IS THE AUTHOR OF "THE WOODWRIGHT'S GUIDE: WORKING WOOD WITH WEDGE AND EDGE," AS WELL AS OTHER BOOKS ON TRADITIONAL WOODWORKING, ALL PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS AND AVAILABLE AT BOOKSTORES AND LIBRARIES.