Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 107
position where it isdesirable that the joint shall be concealed from one side only, isshown in Fig. 88. This is called a lap dovetail, its peculiarity 79 70 CARPENTRY consisting in the fact that in one of the pieces the mortises arenot cut the full thickness, but only partly through the wood,so as… … Fig. 86. Button Method of Binding Boards Together from any side of the finished product. This is accomplished bycutting the same tenons and mortises as in the case of the simpledovetail joint, but not directly on the end of the pieces. Theyare so cut as to project at an angle of forty-five degrees,…
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