Hand-cut 14 dovetails for a cherry dresser and the last pin split when I tapped it home

Cole Flores · 2026-10-10T04:55:03.565599+00:00

I was in my shop in Boise last Friday rushing to hit a pickup time, and the chisel caught a grain run I should've seen. I glued it back with a scrap wedge and told the guy, but now I'm second-guessing if I should've just recut the whole side, how do you all handle a blowout at the finish line?

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