"Tanus" wrote in message ...
Leon wrote:
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Leon, granted that a DT will hold without glue over a box joint, and the
DTs would also give mechanical resistance over a box joint.

However, would it not also be a consideration that a box joint has more
glue surface and that would counteract the mechanical advantage of a DT?

A box joint could have more have more glue surface or less depending on
whether the box fingers are smaller than the tails and pins.


Regardless of the answer to that, my opinion is that dovetails are much
prettier than box joints, and as someone also pointed out, neither an
Akeda nor Leigh jig is necessary to make them. I've made them with a cheap
saw and cheaper chisels - not Akeda quality and uniformity, to be sure,
but passable and sssstrong as hell.


I used to make a bunch on a Sears $39 DT jig back in the early 80's. ;~)