Dovetail joints are so named from the shape of the piece which make the joint. This is propably the strongest method for joining two pieces of wood.
The strength of the dovetail joint comes from the interlocking of the parts. There is a great variety of forms of dovetail joints.
Beveled dovetail joint
Blind mitered dovetail joint
Curved through dovetail joint
Double dovetailed tongue and groove joint
Dovetail bridle joint
Dovetail half-lap joint
Dovetail half-lap joint with shoulder
Dovetail joint with a mitre
Dovetail key miter joint
Dovetail slip miter joint
Dovetail tenoned mitre joint
Dovetailed and wedged mortise and tenon joint
Dovetailed and wedged stub mortise and tenon joint
Dovetailed brace joint
Dovetailed key joint for wide surfaces
Dovetailed scarf joint
Dovetailed tongue and groove joint
Half-blind dovetail joint
Half-lap joint with one side dovetailed
Keyed dovetail half-lap joint
Mitered through dovetail
Outlined through dovetail joint
Routed dovetail joint
Secret lap dovetail joint
Sliding dovetail joint
Sliding half dovetail joint
Stopped dovetail half-lap joint
Stopped half-lap joint with one side dovetailed
Stopped sliding dovetail joint
Stopped sliding half-dovetail joint
Through dovetail joint
- Construction of a Dovetail bridle joint (Corner through dovetail joint)
- Construction of a plain through dovetailed joint
Anatomy of a through dovetail joint
Dovetail joint angles
Space between tails and pins
