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   tsproul | May 23, 2004 08:08pm | #1

   2 ways I know of.

   1.  hand cut the dovetails...my preference.

   2.  cut the dovetails on a large blank, then saw the curve on a bandsaw.

   Tim

   On the neverending quest for wood.

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   vern | Jun 09, 2004 06:50am | #2

   hi Hank I noticed you haven't had a lot of answers--Yes i DO KNOW OFcurved dovetails made on a router table-- a friend of mine made a Bombe chest[actually handcarved the ends and drawer fronts[mahogany] but cut the dovetails with his Incra fenc he got his nephew[I think] to figure the pre-angles= if you want I'll see if I can put you in touch with him- I'm an Incra guy but stay with the normal stuff good luck

   making sawdust
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   jcousins | Jun 09, 2004 05:20pm | #3

   hey hank - i just finished a curved front cabinet with 2 curved drawer fronts (pic attached - i hope) - using dovetails for the joints. took a bit of figuring and testing, but here's what i did.

   i made a pattern jig for laminating the drawer fronts - just a male/female jig using clamps. once the drawer fronts were done i layed them in the female section of jig - (concave part) so the inside of the drawer was facing out - then i built a level "bridge" across the jig that the router could rest on - - so the router would be 90 degrees to a level surface, but the drawer fronts were cradled in their correct positon (not at 90). the cut dovetails ended up with a shallow side and deep side (cause the front had a curve). then using a horizontal router jig, i figured out the angles that the side pieces would need to be,(so they would be 90 degrees to the front), shimmed them to that angle and ran them through cutter -- each side needing to be the same angle, but different depths. lots of test cuts - but got it done.

   i hope this makes some sense. if not send me an e-mail and i will take some pics of the setup.

   jerry