How could you do this

[DavidG]

Found this on EBay. The guy is selling the plans of this dovetail joint.
????? How is it done. Any ideas. :confused: :confused: :confused:
Joint (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Impossible-Wooden-Double-Dovetail-Joint_W0QQitemZ4398714693QQcategoryZ20768QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

[corbs]

Not sure if the link will work, not up with all the linking on the computer... if it doesnt work do a search on the board for japanese dovetails. Some of the guys had some success with them and you can save yourself $7.50;)

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?t=19121&highlight=japanese+dovetail

[Rusty]

O.K., wild cheap red-fuelled guess... it's kind of a dovetailed bridle joint, right? So...imagine if the hidden mating faces are tapered, thin at the narrow end of the dovetail, full thickness at the wide end (on both pieces, but reversed, if you get me), allowing for some flex in the female (dark timber) piece...then it slides in and snaps into place. Is that possible, or have I missed something fundamental? Needs to be well made, or well cleaned up to complete the sleight-of-hand.

Rusty.

[Rusty]

Darn it Corbs, you well and truly beat me to it. Curse my typing- and my wrongness! I was sort of there, kinda...

Regards,
Rusty.

[corbs]

Darn it Corbs, you well and truly beat me to it. Curse my typing- and my wrongness! I was sort of there, kinda...

Regards,
Rusty.

Sorry Rusty... didnt realise it was a race:). I thought I was wrong once... turns out I was mistaken (hope SWMBO doesnt read this or I am in it big time. According to her I am wrong fairly often;))

[Auld Bassoon]

Found this on EBay. The guy is selling the plans of this dovetail joint.
????? How is it done. Any ideas. :confused: :confused: :confused:
Joint (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Impossible-Wooden-Double-Dovetail-Joint_W0QQitemZ4398714693QQcategoryZ20768QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

Hi David,

My guess, FWIW, is that the tail board is split in two along its length with the split aligning with the marked A - B on the pin board.

Lokks quite impressive, though, doesn't it?

Cheers!

[DavidG]

Does not look like the wood has been split along the length.
The tennon edges are square, not tapered.

[Auld Bassoon]

Not sure if the link will work, not up with all the linking on the computer... if it doesnt work do a search on the board for japanese dovetails. Some of the guys had some success with them and you can save yourself $7.50;)

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?t=19121&highlight=japanese+dovetail
Hi Corbs,

Just seeing your post and attendant link, I remember seeing this schematic at WB's place a month or so ago.

I think he was planning on having a go, him being a seriously afflicted darksiderhttp://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon10.gif. He's probably got some whole furniture pieces (or at least some shed furniture) made exclusively with these joints by now! "Sliding dovetails? Pah! child's play, sonny, let me show you what a proper joint is..." Eh Rob?

Cheers!