I make a pair of black walnut tables with hand-cut dovetails for a client and show you how to finish them using Waterlox, which is my go-to finishing product for fine furniture.
Check out https://waterlox.com/furniture-jon-peters to learn how to finish your projects with Waterlox.
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Here are the tools you’ll need to make hand-cut dovetails. I used 5/4″ x 8″ black walnut for these tables.
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The walnut tables finished with 4 coats of Watlerlox.