Cutting dovetails with a marking gauge for 11 months before I learned to just use a knife wall | Cabinetmakers - Freelance Forum - The Community for Independent Professionals

Thomas Mitchell · 2026-10-07T09:45:05.264678+00:00

Spent most of my first year fighting tearout on every pin board because I trusted the gauge line more than I should have. A guy named Ray at a shop in Bellingham showed me how to chop a shallow knife wall first and my joints got tight overnight. Anyone else switch methods mid-project and wonder why nobody mentioned it sooner?

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Cutting dovetails with a marking gauge for 11 months before I learned to just use a knife wall | Cabinetmakers - Freelance Forum - The Community for Independent Professionals