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10 degrees is mostly used (by me) it depends on the wood you use, if you use a soft wood to cut, you shouldn't make the tails more then 12 degrees. Because of the danger of breakout. If you use a...

Nice to see your making progress Detach, did my explanation help you out? ( dovetails with mitred endings)

If your joints are to tight, I personally wouldn't choose sandpaper to make it fit. I...

One other tip (for the wood to choose) the woods that work great for making dovetails are:

1 beech (photo 1 and 3 )
2 cherry, american and european (photo 2 the red side = american)
3 oak...

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The last dovetail you see is also the hardest. Because nothing is square.

I thought some people might enjoy to watch them ^^

I'm a furnituremaker myself and I would try to explain this as good as possible ( my english isn't very good btw) There are many ways to make good dovetails but I would tell you the one I think it's...