• mipadaitu@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Skeptical of this, while the dovetail is a good joint in woodworking, it’s not really the best joint for most applications. Even drawer boxes.
    Modern glues are so good, that just a normal box joint or even a rabbit joint is actually stronger when properly made.

    While you can control the layer lines and orientation to some degree, I’m thinking that a dovetail, in real designs, would be extremely hard to implement. Peg and hole with CA glue is most likely better when splitting parts that are too big for a bed.

    • Obinice@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      a normal box joint or even a rabbit joint is actually stronger

      For anyone confused I looked it up, a rabbet joint is what they call a rebate joint in the USA. Learn something new every day! :-D