Poll: How Do You Cut Your Dovetail Baselines

Dovetails. One of the toughest joints to master, yet one of the prettiest to look at.


There are lots of ways to cut a dovetail joint, but any way you go, the cutting starts with careful marking of baselines (shoulders) for the pins or tails.


A try square ready to markHere comes the question – how do you mark those baselines? Do you use a square to mark those baselines from the edge of the board, or do you use a gauge to mark the baseline from the end of the board? Do you even cut dovetails to begin with?


 

 


 

 

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Published on October 15, 2014 15:16
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