Woodworker's Journal

Dovetail Joints

onsidering the abundance of dovetailed furniture through the centuries, the sheer number of articles and YouTube videos produced about making dovetails, and the bounty of different products you can buy to saw or machine them, this handsome interlocking connection may be the most agreed-upon symbol of fine craftsmanship. The layout of the joint’s basic components — angled pins that

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