On Jan 16, 2008, at 19:15, Thomas Hoyt wrote:

> At 09:09 PM 1/16/2008, you wrote:
>> ...and let us not forget that our own Steve Knight makes one that  
>> will
>> handle both male and female components:
>>
>> http://www.knight-toolworks.com/speciality.htm#Dovetail
>
> there is also one for sale at "tools for woodworking"

The ECE dovetail is only capable of doing the male portions, note.   
Steve Knight is one of the only folks I've seen claiming their plane  
can do the female portion; I know Stanley sold an immensely  
complicated dovetail plane that could manage it, but from what I've  
gathered they are not overly useful.

I have seen photos of someone cutting the female portion by making a  
dado and then using a standard side rabbet held at an angle before.   
Not sure how well this works, but it's got me looking for cheap side  
rabbets.

Graham
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