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I finally switched from dovetails to dowels after a mentor called me out
I was stubborn about hand-cut dovetails for years, but a 30-year cabinetmaker pointed out that my joint strength was actually worse than a basic dowel joint. He showed me a test where his dowel joints held 200 pounds more in a pull test. Have any of you swapped methods based on proof like that?
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clark.robin1mo ago
Hey, I'd push back on that a bit.
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nora_dixon1mo ago
I get where you're coming from but honestly I see it the other way. I've been in enough situations where the simpler option ended up working better than people gave it credit for.
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