Too much attention cannot be given to the operations in this exercise, for in all work that requires material to be prepared, carelessness in detail and inattention to methods, etc., will always appear in the finished work.
Fig. 58.
Fig. 59.
EXERCISE NUMBER 2.
HALVED JOINT.
Fig. 60.
When two pieces of timber of equal thickness cross each other and the joint is to be flush, i. e., the pieces when joined are to form a flat surface, they are halved together; or, to put it in another way, a piece is taken out of each half its thickness and as broad as the piece which is to cross it, thus allowing the one to drop into the other, as shown in [Fig. 60]. The working drawing is shown in [Fig. 61].
To make this piece of work, refer to methods and operations given for the preparation of material in the first exercise.