So while I feel I have been gaining proficiency in a number of skills, dovetails seemed to allude me. Not that I have done a bunch but I have probably done 10-12 corners with really cruddy results, to tight in some spots, gappy in others. What drove me nuts it that in general I think I am decent at sawing, this just was not working though.

This morning I watched Frank Klausz's video on you tube though and decided to try pins first. This was first shot with no marking other than the baseline and done in less than 10 minutes. Think I can work with this and start building the skill. For some reason this method feels 100 times more intuitive than tails first that I had been trying. The baseline needs a bit of clean up for final fit, but this is not bad for right off the saw and no pairing (given that it is my first try at this method anyway).