On 26 Nov 2004 06:53:36 -0800, (Nate Perkins)
wrote:

Don't believe the posters who tell you
that leaving them in is a sign of sloppy work or an affectation --
plenty of fine craftsmen leave them in (pick up a copy of FWW and look
at half of the work there, or any work by Chris Becksvoort).

I don't recall any work by Chris Becksvoort that used visible
dovetails (ie not just drawers) and had the marking-out lines visible.

Even a top of the line machine dovetail jig produces
joints that won't fool a person who's handcut them.

People who can handcut them themselves aren't the target market for
faking.

how are
you going to machine cut a tail that's 1/16" wide at the top?

With a slotting cutter (tiny circular saw). If there was a market for
this, there'd be a machine. I'd expect Thomas Moser to have one of the
first.
--
Smert' spamionam