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Image 1 — I watched a Jim Kingshott dovetail video last night and loved it. Then I learned some of his tools and chest drawers were stolen after he died. He made it in the 1940s.
Image 2 — I watched a Jim Kingshott dovetail video last night and loved it. Then I learned some of his tools and chest drawers were stolen after he died. He made it in the 1940s.
Image 3 — I watched a Jim Kingshott dovetail video last night and loved it. Then I learned some of his tools and chest drawers were stolen after he died. He made it in the 1940s.
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I watched a Jim Kingshott dovetail video last night and loved it. Then I learned some of his tools and chest drawers were stolen after he died. He made it in the 1940s.

I had never heard of Jim Kingshott until last night when I came across a nearly hour-long instructional video he made on cutting dovetails. The video is great and I highly recommend it. His voice and presentation was so charming and entertaining. A true master cabinetmaker and exceptional teacher.

He starts off the video showing his oak and mahogany tool chest that he made in the 1940s. It’s a beautiful chest, but he was showing it off to explain how dovetails were used throughout the construction.

I wanted to know what happened to it after he died and learned that many of the tools and handmade drawers were stolen and never recovered. Such a terrible thing.

I’ll post the links to the video and blog about tool theft in the comments.

u/blainthecrazytrain — 23 hours ago