Dovetail alignment jig

[derekcohen]

You can also transfer marks like this ..



It allows you to make really skinny, tapered dovetails ...



Regards from Perth

Derek

[chook]

You can also transfer marks like this ..



It allows you to make really skinny, tapered dovetails ...



Regards from Perth

Derek

Now that is an idea I had not thought of. I have a little pull saw which is so thin it disappears when you look at it end on. Might try that.

[silentC]

Marking off the pins is good for the drawer back, or box construction, but not as easy to mark out for a drawer front where the tails do not go right through

Yes half blinds I always do tails first. I think it's the only way. For through tails, I like pins first because I find it easier to mark the tails. Marking into end grain is hard to see and depending on the timber I find not always reliable. But for drawer fronts you really have no choice.

I should also confess that I don't cut them by hand. I use a table saw to cut the pins and band saw to cut the tails. Not that it make a lot of difference but doing pins first on the table saw is easier.

Some people grind the first few teeth off their dovetail saw for marking out pins as per Derek's photo. I just use a card scraper.