Toller wrote:
I saw some end tables made by someone I think is a competent
woodworker. He tried to copy antiques, to the point of using draw
bottom raised panels that slide in from the back.

His half blind dovetails were not very good. There were gaps and one
of the pins was partly broken. I don't know anything about hand
work, but would consider them to be terrible if done on my omnijig.
Is that considered acceptable on hand cut dovetails, or on replica
antiques?

That sounds like my attempts at hand cut dovetails. That standard is OK
for something I was practicing on that ends up part of the tool box in
the corner of the shop but it's not anything that I would want to show
anyone as an example of my workmanship. On the other hand if he's
trying to exactly duplicate a piece and that's how it was on the
original . . .

--
--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)