re: Box clamps box

Thanks, WoodGuy.

Yep, Devin. You get a pile of little dovetailed joints, each numbered and dated and you can watch your progress, or make a movie or something.

I made a 1:4 marker. Took a ruler and drew a line 1 over and 4 down on each side of a centerline on a board, then cut. Then stuck it into another board. Overall width is 4-5 inches, and the marker portion sticks out just over an inch (so I can reliably mark 3/4 boards). Don’t buy one. If you must have something metal, I’ve got a piece of brass cut (by John McClure over at that other site) like one of these markers (but at a 1:4 slope) that you can screw a piece of wood to in order to have an adjustable marker that I can drop in the mail as soon as I find them in the shop. But if you prefer another angle, it’s fine, too. I’ve just cut enough dovetails at 1:4 (and know that it’s pretty close to 14 degrees, which is a handy mnemonic) that that’s the angle for me. But really, anything between about 1:3 and 1:8 will work in just about all woods, so pick an angle and stick with it.