ch
as box corners, drawers and like articles, tenons and mortises should
never be resorted to. In order to make fine work the joints should be
made by means of dovetails, rabbets or rebates, or by beveling or
mitering the ends.

BEVELING AND MITERING.--There is a difference in the terms "beveling"
and "mitering," as used in the art. In Fig. 42 the joint A is _beveled_,
and in Fig. 43 the joint B is _mitered_, the difference being that a
bevel is applied to an angle joint like a box corner, while a miter has
reference to a joint such as is illustrated in Fig. 43, such as the
corner of a picture frame.

[Illustration: _Fig. 42._]

[Illustration: _Fig. 43._]

PROPER TERMS.--It is the application of the correct terms to things that
lays the foundation for accurate thinking and proper expressions in
describing work. A wise man once said that the basis of true science
consists in correct definitions.

PICTURE FRAMES.--In picture frames the mitered corners may have a saw
kerf (C) cut across the corners, as shown in Fig. 44, and a thin blade
of hard wood driven in, the whole being glued together.

DOVETAIL JOINTS.--It is in the laying out of the more complicated
dovetail joints that the highest skill is required, because exactness is
of more importance in this work than in any other article in joinery. In
order to do this work accurately follow out the examples given, and you
will soon be able to make a beautiful dovetail corner, and do it
quickly.

[Illustration: _Fig. 44._]

PREPARING A BOX JOINT.--In order to match a box joint for the inner end
of a table drawer, the first step is to select two work sides. One work
side will be the edge of the board, and the other the side surface of
the board, and on those surfaces we will put crosses, as heretofore
suggested.

[Illustration: _Fig. 45._]

[Illustration: _Fig. 46._]

[Illustration: _Fig. 47._]

FIRST STEPS.--Now lap together the inner surfaces of these boards (Y,
Z), so the ends are toward you, as shown in Fig. 45. Then, after
measuring the thickness of the boards to be joined (the thinnest, if
they are of different thicknesses), set your compasses, or dividers, for
1/4 inch, providing the boards are 1/2 inch thick, and, commencing at
the work edge of the board, step off and point, as at A, the whole width
of the board, and with a square make the two cross marks (B), using the
two first compass points (A), then skipping one, using the next two, and
so on.