Completed. Finish is boiled linseed oil and amber shellac

Cutting dovetails in 5/4 padauk is not somthing I am looking forward to again any time soon

That center tail is a lot thinner than I wanted it. The good thing about wood this hard and dense is it takes great details

The center pin is so thin I had to remove the last bit of waste from the baseline with a dovetail saw. 

I seated it with only hand pressure to estimate if anything would split or not, then just grabbed the hide glue and hammered it in. I'm pretty surprised it worked 

Assembled and cleaned joint, ready to trim and finish