A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 488
, orscrews, or may be left loose to allow the members to comeand go in shrinking and swelling. In joining the back and sides of a drawer, the forms shownin Figs. () and 7 are very frequently used, as the projectionof the sides of the drawer, as from c to d, renders the endless likely to be pulled… … 11, The dovetail jointis one of the most importantin joinery. It furnishes arigid method of securingpieces together where thefibers of the material are Ff^- 7. approximately at right angles with the joint. Upon analyzing the conditions of strength existing in adovetail joint, it is evident that the…
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