I'm going to build a dresser and want to try to up some skills.
I'm planning to build a dovetailed case, and use sliding mitered dovetails to set the web frames in the case. Conceptually it seems easy enough. My question is, for alignment and square, do you always put the taper on the top facing side of the dovetail, so the frame 'seats' on the bottom side of the dovetail, the side square to the side? Or am I thinking too hard about this?
Over an ~18" depth, is 1/16" enough, not enough, or too much?