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How to Make Inlaid Dovetails (Double Dovetails)
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INTRODUCTION
This is a tutorial on how I make “Inlaid Dovetails” sometimes referred to as double dovetails. You can make them what I call in Fig. 1) “Tail Ou...
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PREPARING YOUR STOCK
First I milled up and squared all pine and cedar stock. I am using pine for the two main boards and cedar for the inlay. Initially I cut each to ...
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CUTTING THE TAILS
The critical step for inlaid dovetails is cutting a rabbet 1st on the tails board ( inside face ). For inlays it is mandatory. The depth of the ra...
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CUTTING THE CEDAR INLAY
First I marked up the pins positions using the tails per Fig 13. Next I set my marking gauge to account for the rebate on the tails board in Fig 1...
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Finished!
This is the finished Inlaid Dovetails. Keep in mind this is only one corner of a box! When doing a complete box a lot of the steps can be done in t...
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