Why I Lay Out Dovetails with Dividers
Furnished content.
Rob Cosman showed me how to lay out dovetails using dividers about 12 or 13 years ago, and I have never looked back. I've caught a lot of crap for using the divider method from fellow hand-tool woodworkers who say that laying them out by eye is much faster. I don't disagree. However, there are some advantages to taking the extra time and use dividers. 1. My work looks more []
Read more here
edit: Woodworking/auto___why_i_lay_out_dovetails_with_dividers.wikieditish...