The practical cabinet maker and furniture designer's assistant, with essays on history of furniture, taste in design, color and materials, with full explanation of the canons of good taste in furniture .. (1910)
Hodgson, Frederick Thomas, 1836-1919 · Chicago, F. J. Drake & Co · leaf 227
nished joint appearsas a single mitre without disclosing the dovetail within. The Mortise-and-Tenon is the most satisfactory jointfor two pieces in the same plane meeting at an angle;it takes a variety of forms (Fig. 128). The mainpoint to be borne in mind is that the parts to form the 226 THE… … Figure 129 and should taper inward towards its base, so that the tenon will be slightly wedged. Other methods of fixingthe joints are: (i) to make the mortise large enoughto admit of a wedge being driven in on each side thetenon, which effectually keys it; in this case thetenon is usually put in…
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