ial. Fig. 274 shows a method commonly adopted and known as sawing
out the waste; the saw is held at an angle and part of the inside portion
of the dovetail is cut away as shown. This is a good plan for the
amateur, because it shows him at the commencement of his chopping out
which will be the pin and which the tail.

[Illustration: Fig. 276.--Showing the Vertical and Horizontal Chisel
Operations in Lap-dovetailing. A: The Preliminary Roughing-out. B:
Vertical Chiselling; note that the first stab should be just outside the
Gauge Line. C: Marking the Horizontal Cut.]

Fig. 276 (A) shows another method that answers well for soft woods such
as pine, American whitewood and satin walnut. The drawer front is laid
flat on the bench after it has been sawn, and with a mallet and sharp
chisel the corner of the dovetail is knocked off as shown. This takes the
bulk of the material away and the dovetail is then pared out square in
the usual way. The illustration (Fig. 276) also shows how the chisel is
held for vertical paring (B) and for horizontal paring (C).

[Illustration: Fig. 277.--Roughing-out by Boring.]

[Illustration: Fig. 278.--Marking Pins on Drawer Side.]

A third method is shown at Fig. 277. With hard, curly timbers, such as
tobacco mahogany and satinwood, it is a laborious process to carefully
chop away the timber in small pieces, and to overcome this difficulty we
occasionally see the workman take a twist-bit and bore a series of holes
as shown. A great portion of the timber may then be split away by
inserting the chisel end-way into the grain, after which it is pared to a
finish.

As dovetailing is chiefly used for drawer making, it will be of interest
to give several illustrations of variations of the joint and its uses.

Fig. 278 indicates the method of marking the position of the holes in
the drawer side. When the paring out of the dovetails is completed the
drawer front is turned over on to the side as shown, and the position of
the recesses which will engage the pin portions are marked with the
marking awl as illustrated.

[Illustration: Fig. 279.--Marking by means of Saw Blade.]

[Illustration: Fig. 280.--Gauge Lines, Scores and Saw Cuts.]

[Illustration: Fig. 281.--Sawing the Drawer Side.]

[Illustration: Fig. 282.--Position of Chisel for Cutting Channel.]

The completed drawer back is marked on the sides in an exactly similar
manner.

Another method of marking through dovetails is shown at Fig 27