Identifier: moderncabinetwor00well (find matches)
Title: Modern cabinet work, furniture & fitments; an account of the theory & practice in the production of all kinds of cabinet work & furniture with chapters on the growth and progress of design and construction; illustrated by over 1000 practical workshop drawings, photographs & original designs
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Wells, Percy A Hooper, John, b. 1882
Subjects: Cabinetwork Furniture making
Publisher: Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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tongues inserted in the shoulders. The tongued jointprevents the shoulder springing by affording additional glueing surface. Chieflyused in vestibule and lobby doors, and for thick framed groundworks as in f. 16. Double Mortise and Tenons, f. 10, is really a stub mortise and tenon joint 42 MODERN CABINETWORK, FURNITURE, AND FITMENTS haunched out to form two tenons, thus increasing the lateral strength of stile.It also applies to haunched-through mortising and tenoning. Sideboard endsare frequently naunched to form four or more tenons, a method which effectsa stronger connection than dowelling. Twin Mortise and Tenons are used in very thick stuff, and consist oftwo tenons placed side by side, occasionally haunched to form double twintenons. They are used chiefly for lock rails of doors, with a wide haunchingbetween, thus allowing the removal of wood to receive the mortise lock, withoutweakening the joint. Further use^ of this joint are dealt with in chapter on Air-tight Work. Plate IX.
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Dlbvi etail Joints. (To face teg* & JOINTS AND THEIR APPLICATION 43 DOVETAIL JOINTS. Through Dovetailing, f. i.—This is the strongest form of dovetailing—sometimes called common dovetailing—the end grain showing on both sides ofthe angle formed. It is generally used for boxes, cases, pedestals, plinths, &c,that are usually faced up afterwards, thus concealing the joint. Exceptionalinstances occur in scientific instrument cases, the dovetails being visible.Application f. 12 applies to carcase work, and f. 21 shows a bevelled dovetailhopper. For angles and proportions of dovetailing refer to chapter on Work-shop Practice and Construction. Lapped or Stopped Dovetailing, f. 2, is so called because a lap is leftupon the pin piece ; it is used in carcases, drawers, and similar settings, pro-portions varying according to the work. The applications f. 13, 15, 16, &c,show various forms of ordinary lapped dovetailing applied to carcases offurniture, the joint being concealed w

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