From a personal note to myself:
---------------------------------------------------------------- Dovetails (9-2012, on recycled chest-of-drawers wood, ~7/16" thick)
Absolutely needed for hand-cut DT's: saw with *extremely* thin blade.
Roughly per Woodsmith vol 34 #202: Used B&D 1/2" DT router bit with 2 positions of fence to cut tails on one board, then clamp this onto top of pin board, very carefully layout tails, umclamp and extend tails vertically onto side after drawing line (both sides) for depth of cut.
Very carefully strip out center of pin lines on table saw, then finish cutting tails with coping saw/Marples chisel. Sand/rasp/file to fit.
Doesn't work properly with Disston DT saw. Kerf jumps all over the place, violates layout lines.
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Note that the tails did not fit accurately b/c none of my saws would allow accurately cutting on the layout lines.
I figger I could likely *start* an accurate cut with the chisel.
What saw would let me accurately follow such a chisel cut on the layout lines? One of those Nipponese saws (which?)?
Thx, P
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