On Wed, 25 May 2005 11:17:31 -0400, alexy wrote:

Why do so many hobbyists use dovetail jigs?

They buy them, doesn't mean they use them! I don't think there are
actually that many cut in total, by any means.


IMHO:

People buy too many tools.

People buy the wrong tools, the tools they're _sold_, not the tools they
actually need.

Dovetails are "scary". You can't cut them without an expensive jig
(sic). You can't cut them without a router, which of course implies a
jig.

Hand cut dovetails "take too long". They're also "too hard".