Alphie

Most of my customers are not interested in how their piece was made. Their only concern is how the final product looks and performs in their home. I am always interested in exploring time saving methods and tools as long as the quality of the result is not diminished. Two or three drawers of a smaller piece can be hand-cut with no great effort. But a wall unit with 24 drawers would be too expensive for the client if I were to hand-cut them all.
Is it "cheating" to use machine-cut dovetails? No. But it is cheating to apply score marks to the tail boards after machine cutting.