Wood is a cantankerous substance; there's no two ways about it. Here are the basics to understanding how wood moves and how to deal with its peculiarities.
For woodworkers today, using traditional joinery is an expression of skill and nostalgia, a demonstration of the mastery of techniques practiced every day two centuries earlier.
Seems to me that most people think there are only two ways to cut half-blind dovetails: by hand or with a jig that can cost as much as $300. There's a much better way.
