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 .. . visible on the end only and noton the front. This is an absolute necessity in the caseof veneering, for which purpose an absolutely flat sur-face must be obtained, otherwise the keys would showthrough the thin veneer and spoil the whole jointing up and finishing is precisely the same asin No. 1. The mitre-dovetailed (No. 3) is adopted for finework where it is undesirable to show
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 .. . visible on the end only and noton the front. This is an absolute necessity in the caseof veneering, for which purpose an absolutely flat sur-face must be obtained, otherwise the keys would showthrough the thin veneer and spoil the whole jointing up and finishing is precisely the same asin No. 1. The mitre-dovetailed (No. 3) is adopted for finework where it is undesirable to show the dovetail eitheron front or side, and consists of a dovetail having amitre on each outside edge; the finished 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 PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER joint be cut true; otherwise, either the tenon will beslack and the joint useless, or too tight and will splitopen the mortise. The mortise should be a little longer than the tenon,. 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 dry, that is without glue; and(2) to split open the tenon with a chisel, and insert awedge in the center and drive home. The danger of THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER 227 this method is that the tenon is liable to be necked offat the shoulder, while in the former case the rail maybe split. If the mortise and tenon are fitted true, nowedging should be necessary. I\u /^r^N V [K
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