Dovetail Pin/Tail Creator

This Gadget is used to create the pin and tail vectors used to create the well known dovetail joint, you then use the Dovetail Create Gadget to then create the Toolpaths needed to create the angular pins using normal tooling.

Start off by looking at your vectors and judging where you want to add pins and tails for the join, these must be straight lines and of equal length.

You then want to select the lines to add either pins or tails too, to do this from closed vectors, select your vector and press "N" on the keyboard to go into Node select mode, then hover the mouse over the node at the start and end of the line and press "C" on the keyboard to cut out the line between the two nodes, this will then enable you to selec the line you want to edit.

Pins: Dovetails : Tails
Amount: Amount of pins or tails to create on each line selected
Width: Width of the pin or tail
Depth: Depth of the pin or tail into material (Default to thickness of material)
Angle: Angle to create the Tail (Only for dovetail option)


Version 1.0