I've been working on my dovetails for a few months, off and on. I think I have the sawing and chiseling down pretty good now. I always have the exact same problem though, they don't seat all the way. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong related to that though. I think it is either with my scribing or marking, but I'm not sure what I need to change. Is it obvious to anyone what I'm doing wrong from these pictures? You can ignore that one angle cut that is off, I know what I did there. It's the spaces at the bottom that I can't figure out how to eliminate. These aren't glued, just pushed together as tight as they'll go. Not much hammering needed, they always go together pretty easily, just don't seat all the way.
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This is in ash, but I've also had the same problem in cherry, maple, and oak. The only ones that look decent are soft woods like poplar and pine, I think because the clamps can compress them enough to hide the problem.
Thanks, Jason