Tail A and tail B can be on the same board; matching pin A and pin B cannot
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Tail A and tail B can be on the same board; matching pin A and pin B cannot
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OK
Glad we got that cleared up !
But what about Naomi ?
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DOH! Umm.... pics?
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Unless Escher is making the furniture.
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NOW you tell me !
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I thought I was the only one who does that. It's usually when they fit so well together that I try for an assembly and realize this.
Originally Posted by Bruce Mack
Tail A and tail B can be on the same board; matching pin A and pin B cannot
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Another reason for tails first! I did this on a box once. I gang cut my tails on that one however, and things were close enough that I just did up the second board proper like, and it came together. I've made other dumb marking screw-ups before, though. I have one drawer a half inch shorter than the rest in the my tool cabinet to attest to this . . .
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wish I found this sooner, as I did the exact same thing!!!!!
DOOOOOOOHH
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I must be slow cause I don't understand this. How would you have marked the pins at the other end of the board already having the tails on the other?
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It usually happens to me on those 3:00 am sojourns into the shop.
jtk
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No, I mean, physically, how?
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Imagine 2 tail boards labeled A&B and C&D. Now, mark 2 pin boards the same way. A&B, C&D. It's wrong but not hard to do it you're not familiar with laying out dovetails.
The correct layout become intuitive pretty quickly but I can remember doing similar things not too long ago
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So they are just labeled wrong, but the joints were all cut as required (marked from their mate), so they will fit together? Seems like a harmless goof.
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Me, three.
This doesn't sound like a problem that comes from cutting one end, and marking it's mate from the result.
It sounds like the sort of thing that comes from using a template and a machine.
I can't visualize the mixup.
(And I can bollix most any joint.)
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If you mark and cut A from A and B from B, you get a pair of joints that can never be put together at the same time. The "mate" is wrong.
-- Dan Rode
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