Originally Posted by
Ron Brese
At first it's all about minimizing gaps. As you keep working at this it will eventually progress to "too tight to assemble". Keep at it you'll get there.
Ron
When they are "too tight to assemble" a fine toothed rasp works great on reducing the pins. This is based on my cutting tails first. Adjusting the tails is done before marking the pin board. After that point the tail board is left alone unless some error on the tail board was missed.
Some authors have suggested planing the pin board on the fat side of the pins to help them fit.
jtk
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