I don't think so, not when you see this guys work, as a matter of fact, he lets his DT's run really wild!  Check it out, I have never seen anything like this, most people would recoil in horror if their DT's looked like this after they finished cutting them, but in this piece of artwork, it looks awesome.
 

To see the rest of this project, go to the "Fine Woodworking" data feed in the lower right of our network on any page and click on "Big Squam".

Or you can see his work here.  Big Squam

That's pretty awesome. I don't know that I have ever seen anyone make them like that for that purpose.

Neat idea.

John

Just taking a walk down memory lane, very cool DT's!

Cool!

 

I'd be afraid the dovetails would get broken if this piece was used.

Very interesting piece of work. I like the way it looks and the reason, but like Lew I would be concerned about them getting damaged or broke.