Re: Potentially dumb question: Reverse tapered dovetail?
Originally Posted by
Drew Streip
truly unique or revolutionary idea
I'm not an expert builder, so my opinion doesn't account for much. Whether your idea is truly unique and revolutionary AND WILL WORK I can't say. But I like the fact that you're thinking outside the box (no pun intended). My bet is that the reason that we use dovetails is that there was some sort of old-time-technological or cultural reason for it (like no screws, or poor glues, or it was luthiers showing off for the amateurs like me). But just because what we do today has stood the test of time doesn't mean that it's the only way to do things, or even the best way. You'll note that there are both first quality guitars and first quality mandolins that use bolt-on necks, and even more that use mortise and tennon. That there are mandolins made out of carbon fiber. That there are people doing really high quality inlay using computerized routers. I'm kind of a traditionalist, but I would not ever confuse "traditional" with "best" or "only way." So I'd say: go for it. Give it a shot and see what happens. And remember, the Wright brothers had never built an airplane before they ... built an airplane.
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Originally Posted by
sebastiaan56
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