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A dovetail joint or simply dovetail is a joinery technique most commonly used in woodworking joinery (carpentry), including furniture, cabinets, [1] log buildings, and traditional timber framing. Noted for its resistance to being pulled apart, also known as tensile strength , the dovetail joint is commonly used to join the sides of a drawer to ...
Butterfly joint. A butterfly joint, also called a bow tie, dovetail key, Dutchman joint, or Nakashima joint, is a type of joint or inlay used to hold two or more pieces of wood together. These types of joints are mainly used for aesthetics, but they can also be used to reinforce cracks in pieces of wood, doors, picture frames, or drawers. [1]
dovetail joint A joint technique most commonly used in woodworking joinery. Noted for its resistance to being pulled apart (tensile strength), the dovetail joint is commonly used to join the sides of a drawer to the front. dowel A cylindrical piece of wood used as a pin for securing a joint. drawknife
A carpenter uses a chain mortiser to cut a large mortise A worker uses a large circular saw to cut joints. Joinery is a part of woodworking that involves joining pieces of wood, engineered lumber, or synthetic substitutes (such as laminate), to produce more complex items.
A dovetail joint is cut on the end of a log, where it would rest in a corner—one to the right and one to the left; this creates a tight, interlocking corner. Handcrafted dovetails can be full dovetail with notch surface slopes in two directions simultaneously, or half dovetail with notch surface slopes in one direction.
Mortise and tenon joints are strong and stable joints that can be used in many projects. They connect by either gluing or friction-fitting into place. The mortise and tenon joint also gives an attractive look. One drawback to this joint is the difficulty in making it because of the precise measuring and tight cutting required.
A dovetail joint is typically used in drawers where the pull of the drawer is aligned with the "dove tail" shape of the joint. That is the mechanical advantages of the joint lend strength as you try to pull the face of the drawer towards you. If you were to take the drawer out and pull the side of the drawer perpendicular to the face, the joint ...
A dovetail joint is used in woodworking. Dovetail or dovetailing may also refer to: Dovetail, by Lee Konitz's Terzet, 1983; Dovetail (company), an Australian software company; Dovetail (restaurant), in New York City; Dovetail Games, a British video game developer; The Dovetail Group, an early video game developer; Dovetail, or riffle, a method ...