Woodwork Joints: How They Are Set Out, How Made and Where Used.

by William Fairham

The joint is in due course glued up, and next day you will plane and waste off the four corners of your model. The end view shows one corner shaded D, 3, A; this and the other three corners are wasted away. The result is that the dovetails are thrown into a plane different from that in which they were made, showing as [Fig. 379].

Fig. 379.— Double Dovetail Puzzle.

Fig. 380.— The Two Parts Separated.

Fig. 381.—Elevation, Plan and End View, showing how the Puzzle Joint may be correctly Set Out.

Fig. 382.—Dovetail Puzzle. The Finished Joint.