Went from plywood boxes to real dovetails in 8 months, and the $60 marking gauge is what did it

Charles Knight · 2026-09-23T04:50:02.641855+00:00

Back in January I was cutting tails by eye and half my drawers had gaps you could slide a dime into. Eight months and about 40 practice joints later, the change came down to two things: a $60 wheel marking gauge and slowing my saw down, and now my gaps are under a 32nd and I stopped blaming the wood. What was the one cheap tool that actually tightened up your joinery, not the $400 stuff?

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