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Great trick for asymmetrical
dovetails
For some boxes and drawers, you’ll want an
asymmetrical array, which will need to be
reversed for opposite corners of the box. Here’s
how to reverse any template array.
Record it.
Get the templates where you want
them for one of the joints, and use a long fold-
ed piece of paper as a story stick for marking
the centers of the templates as well as the center
of the template holder. Then cut pins and tails
as usual.
Variably Spaced Dovetail Tip:
This box was fully assembled then the lid cut off on the table saw. Since the templates were spaced to accomodate
for the saw kerf, the dovetail spacing returned to symetrical after the lid was removed. Very Cool!
A 1/4” spacer was used to account for the 1/8” blade since most everything on the PantoRouter is 2:1. Once the
lid was separated from the body, the dovetails are evenly spaced.
These are our older style dovetail templates.
The new templates are taller so they’re even easier to
align to the template holder scale.
