bootlegspider
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Jul 14, 2020 5:20 PM
bootlegspider
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#woodworking #handtools
eakerjam
Tails look straight, shouldn’t they flair out?
Luthierfer
Mark with knife (exacto or thin) then mark with pencil. Make sure you pare to correct side of line. Make deep to pare, plane or sand flush.
AustinJolly
Photos don't exactly focus on the problem. What do you think went wrong?
icurays1
Lots of practice and very sharp tools are the key. Hand cut joinery is humbling.
BramGallagher
Poplar is kind of spongy and seldom get a great cut from it off the saw. anyway its first one do it thirty or forty more times you'll get it
Drpcowboy
Guessing q is about not flat on table. Check that ends are square to edges.
Drpcowboy
Also, front board may not be flat.
Deardiaryjackpot
When you asked the Internet's opinion..... Nice box though
tenaciousjeebs
My guess is lining up the boards when you’re scribing the pins (or the tails, if you cut pins first). A specific dovetail alignment board
tenaciousjeebs
Would help here, but so would just being super precise in lining them up. Second guess would be that your end grain isn’t square to edges.
tenaciousjeebs
A shooting board would help immensely (as would a hand plane if you aren’t already using one).