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    Curved Dovetail Box

    Apr 06, 2022 5 minutes

    Having made a box with angled dovetails, I decided to have a go at making one with curved dovetails. I’ve seen lots of boxes where the dovetails have been cut square and then the sides rounded; although this is a simple method it leaves the dovetails much thicker at the middle as the baseline does not follow the curve of the sides. It does, however, give you square sides to the inside of the box, which is desirable for lining. So I decided to go for evenly curveddovetailswhileretaining square sides on the inside of the box.

    Construction Overview

    OVERALL DIMENSIONS: 280 x 114 x 66

    Marking the TAIL BOARDS

    At this stage it’s best to mark everything clearly out on both ends of each tail board. I used one edge to run parallel lines to mark out the

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