Hello

I have a cabinet to make, that requires a lot of hand cut dovetails.
There's a few ways to remove the Tails waste quickly (router, dill bit, bandsaw etc...) but how about the Pins??? The only way I know is a sharp Chisel and Mallet.
Any ideas will be appreciated
Cheers!
Okami

woodrat.

I sold mine when I was hurting for cash. Im regretting it a bit right now.

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Coping saw



"excellent for tight radiuses and thick stock. It's also thin enough for sliding into a kerf made by a dovetail saw. This is the best blade available for cutting out dovetail waste"

If you want to do it by hand, I've gotta go with Michael on the coping saw. And some really sharp chisels. Sharp chisels by themselves would work, but the coping saw will save a lot of time...

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Hello

Thanks for the ideas!
Yes they have to be hand cut. Jig and router cut dovetails never look as good as hand cut, and its obvious they have been machine cut, although I hear the Woodrat bits have the closest hand cut look.

I was thinking about the coping saw, and I thought it would work good on small pieces like drawers. On a cabinet side, there's only so far the saw can reach before it starts to hit the cabinet edge
Yes, a sharp chisel works ok, but is slow work...especially when I'm trying to make a living
Cheers!!!
Okami

How about if you hog most of it out with a router, and then finish it off with chisels?

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you could also set up a sled/miter gauge on the table saw with the fence set at the correct angle and run them through your dado stack on end. Cut to your layouts on one side and then flip and cut to your layouts on the other side of the board. If all your tails are cut the same you could even set up some stops on the fence.

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I haven't cut them in any fashion yet but Rob Cosman teaches cutting them with a fret saw & he is incredibly fast doing it.

Rob Cosman - Fret Saw

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Thanks for the great ideas

These are quite delicate. The waste for the pins on the tail board is okay. The waste for the tails on the pin board are always slow going for me, one side being thin the other wider.
I'm still using the old Chisel and Mallet
Here's a picture
Cheers!
Okami

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Those are the tiniest pins I've seen! Do you have a chisel that narrow?