Tailspin Collinear Marking Tools
“ THE FIRST REAL INNOVATION IN HAND-CUT DOVETAIL WORKFLOW SINCE KING TUT. ”
Tailspin Collinear Marking Tools
“ THE FIRST REAL INNOVATION IN HAND-CUT DOVETAIL WORKFLOW SINCE KING TUT. ”
“If you cut dovetails, you can already cut to a line.”
Using TailSpin calibrated collinear marking tools to mark out BOTH SIDES of a dovetail joint lets you cut to the SAME LINE on pin & tail boards. Easy & accurate, with more repeatable results for a perfect fit.
“Outside of sawing technique, most dovetailing issues can be traced back to a bad transfer from the tail board to the pin board.” View full post here.
– Ben Strano, Fine Woodworking Magazine
Marking one board from the other is awkward and error-inducing.
Now you can mark out an entire project before picking up your saw.
You can measure for spacing…or not. Walk it off with dividers, use a square, a chisel or just eyeball it, then it’s smooth sailing. You’ll have the entire joint marked out in no time… ON BOTH BOARDS!
The juggle to transfer pins to tails or vice-versa is no more, Sweet.
collinear col·lin·e·ar (kŏ-lĭn′ē-ər)
adjective (GEOMETRY)
1. Passing through or lying on the same straight line.
2. Containing a common line; coaxial.
3. Having a common line
The calibrated offset design of TailSpin Tools allow a craftsman to mark joinery on multiple surfaces of a workpiece using physical registration.
Tailspin is faster and more accurate than your current workflow.
“What if I don’t cut dovetails?”
We haven’t forgotten you “squares” out there. TailSpin SQd (squared) brings calibrated collinear marking to 90 degree applications.
Physical registration can be used to carry mortise marks all the way around a table leg or story marks to an opposite face.
