Dovetail Pin/Tail Creator
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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.