Dovetails. One of the toughest joints to master, yet one of the prettiest to look at.

There are lots of ways to cut a dovetail joint, but any way you go, the cutting starts with careful marking of baselines (shoulders) for the pins or tails.

Here comes the question – how do you mark those baselines? Do you use a square to mark those baselines from the edge of the board, or do you use a gauge to mark the baseline from the end of the board? Do you even cut dovetails to begin with?