Originally Posted by
andy bessette
What dovetail angles are you guys using for various hardwoods?
I use 1:7 which is about 8 degrees if I recall correctly. There's no "correct answer". Within limits, it's all what you like. If you go too small, you lose the advantage of it being a dovetail and it's more like finger joints. If you go too much, you wind up with "short grain" and the ears of your tails can break off when you go to assemble the joint.
Mike
[While you can spend a lot of money and buy commercial dovetail saddles (for marking your dovetails), they're pretty easy to make. I've made them in wood and brass. Pictures on request.]
Last edited by Mike Henderson; 05-25-2017 at 1:57 PM.
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