I know this isn't necessarily exciting news as almost everybody in this group has probably done it many times over but this was my first one!
I have been puttering around as often as I could the past couple of weeks just cutting and fitting dovetail joints together. I sucked it up and went for all four corners this time and, holy cow, it actually looks pretty damn good.
Well, it isn't really a drawer; it's the four side but I had to make it all fit together. And it is El Cheapo 1/2" pine but, heck, it fits togerher.
Sure, everything doesn't fit together nice and tight--I didn't expect pine to fit nicely. You can tell where I took off a little too much wood and there is a bit of rip out between the pins and the tails but I attribute much of that to the pine as it crushed pretty easily.
I admit I am not good with the chisel and I was getting anxious toward the end and may have rushed things but, damn, it all fit. And everything is square. And the tops all line up.
When I showed it to the wife she looked at it with a blank stare and said, "Um, yeah, it's nice." My kids just said, "Eww! A square! Wow, dad, you're talented." Sorry if this isn't newsworthy but I needed to tell somebody and maybe, possibly, someone will appreciate this.