Edwin Pawlowski wrote:

"James "Cubby" Culbertson" wrote in message
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Glad to see I'm not the only one stuck in the dark ages! I actually find
a hand cut dovetail looks better than the machine cut ones. Where did
all the Neander's go anyway!

We didn't go any place. We just have not developed the skills yet. I
admire the guys that can cut them, I'll never be one of them. The brain
knows how, but the hands just don't follow.

Unless you practice, practice, practice, that is...

It'll come if you do that. I was taught in HS shop by the "trick" that
everyday we came to class we had cut one before doing anything else.
The neat thing is all other usages of similar skills come along at the
same time.