When I inspected the Thermwood promotional photo of the dovetail nest, in my opinion, it appears that the joint created is a pseudo dovetail and in actuality probably more correctly called an interlocking joint with some dovetail characteristics. I believe what contributor N is trying to say is that a true dovetail joint is not possible in a flatbed nested CNC format. The real dovetail joint is cut with a specific angle to self-lock the joint. To cut the real blind dovetail, one wood must be placed horizontal, and the other vertical. Horizontal table CNCs do not cut dovetails. Komo is also advertising a dovetail macro in their latest Router Cim release. And yes, I would like to see an example picture/video, etc. What I am after is a description of what cutters are used to make these dovetails. I have a copy of the Ecabinet software but have been too busy to learn it. Does anyone have pictures or additional information? But I am very curious how Thermwood has accomplished this. A simple program can be created using Excel to write the code. This can be done on any 3 axis machine using inexpensive tooling. While it might not be considered a true dovetail, once the boxes are assembled, you cannot tell any difference and the strength is sufficient. Without using an aggregate I have created a solution that works rather well. I am also interested in creating nested dovetail drawer parts without additional machining.
It writes only to a Thermwood machine and I haven't heard of another that does this. The methodology and code is encrypted so the user can not see and/or copy it. The design allows full flexibility and writes the files to the controller for us. What you have seen is a new feature in Ecabinet software. Anyone care to share how this is accomplished? I have been reading recently about cutting dovetails for drawers using a CNC router.
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