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Unless you taper the male part of the sliding dovetail, it’s going to bind up as you knock it into the case. I made a little sanding block for just this purpose. One edge has the same angle cut on it as the dovetail (14 degrees). Wrap sandpaper around the block and sand both edges of the dovetail. Don’t sand up near the front where the dovetail will show. You want that part of the joint to be tight.

Unless you taper the male part of the sliding dovetail, it’s going to bind up as you knock it into the case.


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