grosewoodworker

I'm not sure I agree that dovetails are over-rated, but I do think that there are a lot of folks who may assume that if a piece has dovetails, it is automatically a piece of "fine" woodworking. I think the distinction is that really good dovetails or any other truly well crafted drawer joints can be considered fine woodworking and then; there's everything else in varying degrees of "well-done-ness" whether dovetails or otherwise.

At the risk of sounding like a smart - - - , my contribution to this debate is: JUST DON'T DO IT! There are other less controversial and conceivably less unsafe objects with which to hit the ball peen hammer.