Andy Dingley wrote:

We*now*have
the question of whether a deliberately visible dovetail should have
the marking line or not ?**IMHO,*it's*an*affectation.*If*my*dovetails
are any good, then judge them on how they're cut, not whether I drew
an arrow pointing to them.

Agreed. It's always struck me as a flaw, not as asset. In fact, if the
dovetails look good, I don't care if they were made by hnad or machine, or
gnawed out by a beaver.

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Homo sapiens is a goal, not a description.