GoBlu

I'm just learning woodworking and would like to find out all I can about different types of dovetails and different ways to make them.

I read an article where they put on boiled linseed oil cut with 50% mineral spirits before putting the cherry in the sun. I'm in the process of trying that on some scrap wood, but it's been cloudy and thwarted my efforts. I do have one of those super bright lights they use lift your spirits in the winter. After reading your post, I'm going to try that instead and experiment with bare wood and the BLO mixture. I'll put some masking tape on the test pieces to see which works better.

FYI, cherry has lots of tannins, which is why it reacts to sunlight more than most other woods which have fewer tannins. I don't know much about exotic woods, though.

This is a memorable piece of art. You have done such an exquisite job of using that beautiful wood. The wood and the piece are interwoven. It almost looks as though you designed the piece to maximize the beauty of the wood. Something like a sculptor would look at a piece of marble and design the sculpture in conjunction with it.

Great use of this old fine wood. I'd like to learn to do more of that myself. Very nice pieces.

Very nice use of wood, and great dovetails. It doesn't look like a first, piece, I agree with slowman.

Beautiful work and the wood is spectacular.

Beautiful, and amazing how you were able to do so much.

Nice work. I notice it is two cabinets, one on top of the other. I have some cherry, but too short for the long cupboard in this video series, so I'm thinking of doing two short cabinets and stacking them, like your picture shows. I found a similar pattern in a beginning woodworking book, but like the dovetail joints in the video series, plus the joinery, too.