How'd They Do That?

[George M. Perzel]

A firend sent me this picture- anyone know how this is made or is it a Photoshop fake?
George

[CPeter James]

They slide diagonally.

CPeter

[Richard Wolf]

I know how it is done, let me see if I can explain it. The dovetails do not go from one side across to the opposite side but are cut on a 45. In other words the dovetail facing you goes on an angle to the ajacent side. The two pieces can be removed by sliding the top section off at a 45 degree angle. Clear as mud!

Richard

[Doug Shepard]

I think it's probably legit. It reminds me of an article I saw a few years ago where something similar was used to attach the head of a large shop made wooden mallet to the handle. One or the other of the pieces had the DT key faces just thin enough that they could flex slightly as the thing was driven together, yet still thick enough to resist splitting. Dont remember how they actually did it though.

[Christian Aufreiter]

A firend sent me this picture- anyone know how this is made or is it a Photoshop fake?
George

Inlay ;) :D ;) :p .

Regards,

Christian

[Erin Raasch]

A firend sent me this picture- anyone know how this is made or is it a Photoshop fake?
George

Not a fake - you can find it here. (http://ilovewood.com)

Go to "Of Interest" and scroll down to "Puzzle Joint."

It had me puzzled for a bit. :p

Erin

[Pete Simmons]

I have made a few puzzles that use this type of dovetail.

Check out

New Wood Puzzle Designs by James Follette

[Richard Wolf]

I made a quick mock up for those that lack imagination.

[Tyler Howell]

Thanks Rich,

Way cool!

[thomas prevost]

Thanks Rich:)

That picture is worth more than an thousand words! It shows exactly how it is cut.

[Jim Becker]

Oh, how very kewel, Richard!!

[George M. Perzel]

Rich;
Thanks- that's really neat
George

[John Hemenway]

Richard,
Being one of 'those' I thank you for the visual aid.

[Richard Wolf]

Glad I could help. It just shows, that sometimes you have to think outside the box.

Richard

[Jeff Sudmeier]

Richard that looks great! I'd bet you could get some people going for a few hours on that one :)

[Per Swenson]

Hey Folks,

I was going, no I wrote Fellas, but I forget.


I am a chauvinist. My apologys Erin.

I thought you might get a kick out of this.

I scanned this from our original volume one of the

Boy Mechanic, copyright 1913.

Per

[Richard Wolf]

Per, you don't look that old.

Richard

[Per Swenson]

I am not, but I think Bob, (my father) was a gunners mate on the Maine.

Per

PS
Not only to I know how to build a library,
I know how to stock one too.:D

[Jerry Olexa]

Per and Richard: Great effort by both of you....Thanks. Its a bit clearer now

[Roy Wall]

My late uncle gave me one of those about 20 years ago......it's a cool idea and always get a few confused looks when I show it off........

Thanks Guys for the post.....:)

[Joe Judge]

I found this old posting ... and did some homework.

What I found was this:

Sandfield puzzle - Robert and/or Norman Sandfield seems to have made puzzles of this type (multiple dovetail). Especially intersting is this bolted dovetail: http://www.baxterweb.com/ipp17/images/puzzles/sandfieldr.jpg


-- joe

[Chris Padilla]

Joe,

It's never too late for this kind of stuff. I recall seeing Roy Underhill of The Woodright's Shop put together a mallet's head and handle using a dovetail that at first sight, seemed impossible. A web search didn't turn anything up but it was cool to see him put one together...wish I would have recorded it! :)