Micah rotates his dovetails...

> On 16 Sep 2018, at 22:43, Micah Salb  wrote:
> 
> Whah!
> 
> I finished cutting my tails and did my saw cuts for one set of pins and I’m
staring at the boards saying, something’s not right here.
> 
> Then it dawned on me:  I put the tails on the wrong boards!


you don’t say what the piece is.  If It’s those ever-so-delicate dovetails in
the drawers of a writing slope then no one will notice, and it will be your
secret (Our’s now, too)

If It’s the base of a bookcase that will be abused by being double stacked (I
Know you legal types) then you need to make a judgement.

IS it mechanically sound anyway?
How visible is it?
Are other people going to walk in the room and instantly point and say “What
buffoon made THAT! go and demand a refund immediately”

If it’s likely to fall apart - which I’d say was doubtful, having seen your
standard of work, then as others suggested, drill from the unseen side, and add
a trenail.
A good glue, and a tight joint, will take a huge amount of abuse,  


Owning up is good for the (galoot) soul of course - noone else on the list has
‘ever’ done anything like that.  I k now I haven’t.  (except for…  - practice,
that’s it, Always a good idea to cut a practice joint first.


Richard Wilson
Yorkshireman Galoot
in Northumbria.