. Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building; a general reference work ... 76 CARPENTRY 67 together side by side. Any of the methods already described forspHces will be applicable in such a case, but there are in additiona few others which are especially useful, two or three of which willnow be described. Dovetail Key. This method consists in the use of a strip of woodwhich is applied to the back of the several pieces to be held togetherand prevented from slipping by means of glue. The strip, however,is let into the pieces a little way in a special manner known as dove-tailing, which


. Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building; a general reference work ... 76 CARPENTRY 67 together side by side. Any of the methods already described forspHces will be applicable in such a case, but there are in additiona few others which are especially useful, two or three of which willnow be described. Dovetail Key. This method consists in the use of a strip of woodwhich is applied to the back of the several pieces to be held togetherand prevented from slipping by means of glue. The strip, however,is let into the pieces a little way in a special manner known as dove-tailing, which prevents it from pulling out, and gives it an especially.


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