Dovetail Practise Packs (Poplar)

Poplar is one of the best materials to practise on for many reasons: it’s soft enough to make cutting and chiselling easy, yet hard and structural enough to prevent crumbling, much like softwoods such as pine are prone to. Finally, it's very cheap and abundant, so there is absolutely no shame in throwing it on the fire to hide evidence of your terrible attempts at dovetailing.

These components are provided at 100m wide (4”) and 15mm Thick (⅝”) and are perfectly square right out of the box. Meaning you can get to work practising without the faff. These will also make great practice for mitred dovetails among many other variations of joints.

Tails and Sockets

100mm x 100mm x 15mm

(Approx 4” x 4” x ⅝”)