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  2. Dovetail joint - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Butterfly joint - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.

  5. Dovetail rail - Wikipedia

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    Colloquially, the term dovetail rail usually refer to any straight mounting bracket with an inverted trapezoid cross-section (though the hexagonal-profiled Weaver rail and Picatinny rail are also derivative dovetail designs) running parallel to the bore for mounting a scope or diopter sight to a rifle. These are sometimes also called "tip-off ...

  6. Miter joint - Wikipedia

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    90º miter joint (pieces ready to be joined) Miter joint of two pipes A miter joint (mitre in British English) is a joint made by cutting each of two parts to be joined, across the main surface, usually at a 45° angle, to form a corner, usually to form a 90° angle, though it can comprise any angle greater than 0 degrees.

  7. Glossary of woodworking - Wikipedia

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    1. A short piece of a log, especially one used for fuel. 2. A split-out piece of a bolt of wood. blind Joinery with mating surfaces not protruding through the face or end grain of the pieces being joined. An example is a "blind" mortise and tenon joint. bolster. Also called a pillow or cross head. 1. A shoulder. 2.

  8. Tongue and groove - Wikipedia

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    The effect of wood shrinkage is concealed when the joint is beaded or otherwise moulded. [1] In expensive cabinet work, glued dovetail and multiple tongue and groove are used. Each piece has a slot (the groove or dado) cut all along one edge, and a thin, deep ridge (the tongue) on the opposite edge. The tongue projects a little less than the ...

  9. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    The upper section of an entablature or a projecting shelf along the top of a wall often supported by brackets or corbels. Course A layer of the same unit running horizontally in a wall. Cresting Ornamentation along the ridge of a roof. Cross Springer A block from which the diagonal ribs of a vault spring or start.