tongue projecting. In the front member a in. dado is cut %G in. down from thetop or inn face to a depth equal to the thickness of the side member, in this case Hs i As illustrated, the top or inner side of this dado is now cut off %6 in from tl bottom. If the work has been carefully done the two pieces will interlock, am when glued, will require no other fastenings. To complete the survey it should be remembered that blind dowels can t employed, with or without mitered corners. As previously stated, some Earl BPorgian pieces таке no attempt to conceal frontal peggings, ь Lock miter and rabbet and miter joints are included in the plate for informs 32 . 5"_ 8 © © @ иЗьг f J_ I 6 » T 3 4 © "НЯ © i_r © Fig. 1.32. Lock joint. tional purposes. Their construction with hand tools requires some ingenious clamping and jigging. Dovetail Joints. Perhaps one of the strongest of joints in fine cabinetmaking is the dovetail joint (Figure 1.33), because it resists separation in every direction but the one from which the tenons were inserted, and even this weakness can be eliminated by gluing or pinning. As a corner joint, the dovetail is considered a mark of good workmanship because its close fit is achieved at the price of accurate, painstaking labor and craftsmanship. Although such a joint might be considered a postgraduate cabinetmaker's subject, yet the enthusiastic woodworker will probably attempt its construction at some time in his career. Its precision of fit is obtained by an elementary set of measurements, carefully executed. Since the open, or through, dovetail is in reality but a modification of the mortise and tenon joint, the first question facing the uninitiated is: Which are tenons, or pins, and which are the mortises, sockets, or dovetails ("tails")? On a drawer, it is obvious that the dovetail joint must be so cut that it will withstand separation when the drawer is pulled out by its front. Therefore, the wider, fantailed mortises, sockets, are on the sides to hold the (often) narrower tenons, or pins, of the front member against withdrawal. Single through tenons are useful when edging drawing boards or worktable tops or for jointing stiles to upper drawer rails. To insure a strong joint the tail (mortise) is generally cut so that it is \& of the width of the member along the CABINETMAKING depth line. The sides of the tail generally slope i in. in 6 in. The procedui a simplification of the methods explained in the following paragraphs. A finger (or box) joint consisting of the series of multiple square tenons mortises is familiarly observed at the corners of small boxes such as honeyci containers. A multiple through dovetail, however, is a horse of another colo Certain general rules can be profitably applied to the art of dovetailing, the first place, the pins may be smaller than or equal in size to the tails, bu Multiple Do tail Fin ge r (Box)Mu It ipie. Miter ? Tenon Single Dovetail Stopped LapDovetail cret JyfDovetai'I HalfLapped Dovetail Fie 1,33.