Compound angle dovetails?

[PJ]

Hi all,
Is it possible to use dovetails on the corners of a box with shallow compound angles, ie all 4 sides tapering in? I know it can be done using 2 tapered sides and adjusting the angle of the actual dovetails to help with the short grain. Any solutions or tips greatly appreciated.

Philip

 

[Lukey]

I would imagine if it can be done witrh two sides, the process is just repeated on the other 2?

 

[engineer one]

the big thing is that you need to strike the lines of the dovetails from the angle and not straight. suggest you get to borrow a copy of joyce it shows one way of doing this.

paul :wink: