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Dovetail Joint [Dovetail Pin and Tail Patterns | Woodworking Pagina | de 6 Woodworker's Journal Now! f¥ OR GHG sen a (hustinstp oom edaiaeaaht let ur How-To. Plans. Videos: Premium Content. Magazine —_Store (https:/Awww.rockler.c DOVETAIL JOINTSPIN: AND :TAbbkersiounal con/feed/) x PATTERNS. ‘00+ idan 5000 Sto j Add a custom design to an already beautiful joint by adjusting the layout. Even if you love to eat sandwiches, you probably dont et the same ham sandwich everyday. sometimes you like baloney. And soi withthe davetall int One = ‘option that many woodworkers don take advantage of when cutting through dovetail Joins i adjusting the layout, or the repeating pattern, ofthe tals and pins, Sometimes ‘hiss because they use a dover, and its ut spacings fixed, but sometimes tis {ust because they dnt think ofthe opportunity to vary not enly the spacing and ‘width of the tis an pins, but the depth as well High quality dovetal ge euch a the Leigh allow almost infinite layout options, Of course if you cu them by hand, you have that leit as well The drawings below show just afew dering dovetal ont layout options. They will get you started when it comes to designing your own custom, ‘dovetail ayout Perhaps it could even become your “signature detail so that anyone ‘openings drawer will know that you made i. https://www.woodworkersjournal.com/dovetail-joints-pin-tail-patterns/ 11/06/2019 Elevation (hips //usexOsb9e32iagpel2seteh-wpengine neta ssLeom/wp-content/uploads dovetal-layout-pe) Plan VY WW Tn an He Elevation Dovetail Joint [Dovetail Pin and Tail Patterns | Woodworking The end grain ie aways more dominant than sie gain because of the ot wood and because it soaks up more finish, becoming darker [This your creates boring pattern because he visual weight oreach end grain too sila. The vertical rain of| he pins berween the end grain of the tis is ess refined than that fon the layout Delow because the pins are so large. Inthis layout, we sce the tals more powerfully a an entity in plan, and he pins take ona Finesse because they are smaller. The band of end eran onthe elevation is pierced by fine ines which ernphasize the etcacy ofthe pins. in both nstances:the — pattern is repetitious end ro (ps 7 losexDa60633iagpekateieh-wpengine neta ssLcom/wwp-content/uploads /dovetal-layout-2/pg) Jend. We dont have to fllow this formule https://www.woodworkersjournal.com/dovetail-joints-pin-tail-patterns/ Pagina 2 de 6 Stone 11/06/2019 Dovetail Joint |Dovetail Pin and Tail Patterns | Woodworking Ss] Elevatiot I this ayout, the to small outer tas ead varety and visual weight at each end. They so create five rie lines very close tothe outer edges. This prevents the edges fom uring up and i sed on alarge the stress of iting usualy plied in that area. The tall between the swin (hips: tascxoaboesstagpek2seteh-wpenginenetdna- sslcom/wp-content/uploads /dovetal-layout-3) pins is the same sie as the outer tals, lending a strong sense of continuity when seen in elevation. Probably the most Elevation aramatic version or the through fincis tne rounds tooth dovetail This avout has small ais ana pine siting between larger ones (hsp: tasexbaboesstagpekZicteh-wpenginenetdne- ssleom/wprcontent/uploads /dovetal-layout-4) Dovetail Edge Styles https://www.woodworkersjournal.com/dovetail-joints-pin-tail-patterns/ Pagina 3 de 6 11/06/2019 Dovetail Joint [Dovetail Pin and Tail Patterns | Woodworking Pagina 4 de 6 aio ne mt at ot nt (htps/wxensb9etelgpck2tteh-wpenginenetdnassLcon/wp- content uploads /dovetal-edges pg) ‘Thelnes ofthe outer edges ofthe join are affected by four corner options. Starting ith half pin is more attractive, but there sno technical reason to prefer ths option ‘over a half tal, A mitered commer unifies the sides and op, Posted in RELATED ARTICLES: MORTISEANDTENON ——MORTISEAND TENON 201NTS. JOINTS: STYLES AND TYPES Jnciogeadoniatolnnaniataccibe _ucthacnucathe ce clad it Megations. ‘samecuntcLnams.manizeandiscen, ‘Sosznnimenathaihevare. (tips:/ ww cod workersjoumnalcom/marise= ‘enon-joints (ups / ns wandsorkerssournalcom /motise- https://www.woodworkersjournal.com/dovetail-joints-pin-tail-patterns/ 11/06/2019

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