Today I took a class at the local woodcraft on cutting hand cut dovetail. I had tried cutting dovetails on my own with less than desirable results. Admittedly I had tried with a dozuki, and I never could get a good feel for that saw. For this class, I decided to bite the bullet and buy a Veritas 14TPI dovetail saw, which I used today. It was money well spent! With a few minor exceptions, even though they had their tools out for us to use, I used my own tools. This was important to me as these would be the tools I would be using in my shop, I would be using to learn with.
The class was three hours long, but by the end of the class, I had made a solid joint. The gaps, while there, are small, and with some additional practice, I feel I am on the way to make solid dovetails! The photo shows the end results of today’s class.