Making Half-Blind Dovetails by hand from new book 'The Complete Guide to Joint Making' by John Bullar [ Ссылка ]
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This classic dovetail joint used to secure the front of a drawer to the sides is sometimes called a 'Lapped Dovetail', or a 'Half-blind Dovetail' -- you can see it from the side when the drawer is pulled open, but with the drawer closed the dovetail is completely hidden.This video shows you how to make this fine woodworking joint from start to finish with a hand-saw and chisels. Furniture makers plane the sides of handmade drawers thin so as to keep weight and friction down. This also keeps the dovetails thin but as they are in tension the joint is more than strong enough - in fact antique dovetail joints survive centuries of heavy use long after other fixings would have failed. The front of a medium or large hand-made drawer is often twice as thick as the sides to prevent bowing when you push and pull. This thickness also provides room for a longer, stronger, dovetail joint. A spot of glue is applied to the finished dovetail joint in a drawer to prevent it working loose.
