Before,  in a prior thread, I showed these same but, unrefined DTs.  That was before   planing sanding or scraping. 

Here, they look a bit better   - - won't be winning any shows, but  - - actually  - - they are  at least as good as plenty of antique furniture I've seen around that is a hundred plus years old and still going strong. At least as good if not a fair bit better than lots of examples I've seen.

 

The left over pencil lines are gone the uneven heights between tail and pins  are gone.

VIOLA oh what a difference a little finish work can make.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks NEWMAN~!!

You done good, Cliff!

They sure look plenty good to my eyes.....

I told ya Cliff on your first post! Plane em down and you'll have some terrific looking joints, and those are joints to be proud of man! Great job!

Once again, they are awesome! I have seen some done with router and jig that have are not as clean as those.

 

Great job!

thanks guys. 

I made them  all the while thinking that they would go together and there's be "some" glue surface making contact but  that I  would  prolly have to  hammer oodles of little wedges and shims into the joints before the glue set up to make them solid.

As it turned out I had failed to prepare those wedges that I thought I'd have to have (so I didn't have any)  and just pounded the drawers  together.

 

 

Well, if my luck runs true to  form, the following will happen:

Having successfully cured myself of the fear of doing hand cut DTs, I'll do this again. Only next time  it'll be in a nicer species of wood in a more visible application.

and

That next foray into the  process  will not be so successful.

What-chu-wanna-bet?

C'm on, I got odds here~!!  5'll get ya 10

That's the difference between a "plain ole woodworker" and a craftsman, Cliff.  UR a craftsman

thanks guys. 

I made them  all the while thinking that they would go together and there's be "some" glue surface making contact but  that I  would  prolly have to  hammer oodles of little wedges and shims into the joints before the glue set up to make them solid.

As it turned out I had failed to prepare those wedges that I thought I'd have to have (so I didn't have any)  and just pounded the drawers  together.

 

 

Well, if my luck runs true to  form, the following will happen:

Having successfully cured myself of the fear of doing hand cut DTs, I'll do this again. Only next time  it'll be in a nicer species of wood in a more visible application.

and

That next foray into the  process  will not be so successful.

What-chu-wanna-bet?

C'm on, I got odds here~!!  5'll get ya 10

Sounds like you're luck runs about the same as mine!

I've seen too much of your work to take the bet. I would only expect them to be even better.

 

Those turned out really awesome.

Just as a sidebar, if the gaps are not too big, I mix up some glue and saw dust, make a paste and push it into the small cracks. When it dries and is sanded down smooth it makes them look really tight, but of course in your case that was not needed.

When I first attempted to do hand cut dovetails, I mentioned this to an antique collector. He told me that most of the old dovetails were a "quick and dirty" joint and many were patched with slivers of wood to hide the gaps. "Perfect" dovetails were only found on high end furniture. I looked at a lot of old blanket chests and below the paint, sure enough, there were the little slivers.

the numbers make crummy joinery absolutely logical.  There were countless furniture manufacturers producing stuff as fast as they could and only a few real masters.