mp; the template A will
form a guide for the chisel and rebate plane and allow a sharp edge or
arris to be worked on the mitre.

A SECRET MITRED DOVETAIL joint is illustrated at Fig. 288; it is used in
all the better class of cabinet and box work. Fig. 288 shows the pieces
separated; note the mitre at the top and bottom edge.

[Illustration: Fig. 288.--Secret Mitre Dovetailing.]

[Illustration: Fig. 289.--Dovetailed Keys for Wide Surfaces.]

DOVETAIL KEYING.--Fig. 289 is a method used to prevent wide boards such
as signboards, wide and shaped pediments, etc., from casting or warping.
It is called dovetail keying. Beyond calling attention to the fact that
the angles at the edges of the keys, where they are bevelled, should be
at or about 75 degrees, nothing further need be said, as the drawing is
self-explanatory. Angle dovetail keying is shown at Figs. 290 and 291.

[Illustration: Fig. 290.--Dovetail Key.]

[Illustration: Fig. 291.--Dovetail Keying on the Angle.]

[Illustration: Fig. 292.--Bow-fronted Door Dovetailed Edgeways.]

OTHER VARIETIES.--At Fig. 292 we have an everyday method of jointing
circular-fronted cabinet door frames. Great care must be taken in setting
out and making, or a twisted frame will result.

Then at Fig. 293 are shown two familiar examples of dovetailing the
bearer to the carcase end of a dressing table or washstand.

Fig. 294.--Lap-dovetailing the top of a wardrobe to the carcase end.
Other examples, such as the top of a bookcase to the sides, will suggest
themselves.

Fig. 295.--Side view of a jewel drawer with a moulded drawer front as
used on dressing tables, etc. This shows the necessity of bevelled
dovetailing in order that the drawer front may be kept as thin and light
as possible.

[Illustration: Fig. 293.--Carcase Work, showing Bearer Rails Dovetailed.]

Fig. 296.--Bevelled dovetailing when pins are at right angles to the end
cut.

Fig. 297.--Bevelled dovetailing when the centre line of the pins is
parallel to the edges of the work, used for making "hoppers," food
troughs, knife boxes, etc. One corner of the box shows the joint
separated.

[Illustration: Fig. 294.--Lap-Dovetailing.]

[Illustration: Fig. 295.--Jewel Drawer Side.]

[Illustration: Fig. 296.--Bevelled Dovetailing.]

[Illustration: Fig. 297.--Bevelled and Dovetailed Box, showing the
Jointing of One Corner Separated.]

Fig. 298.--An example of oblique dovetailing, as used on "hoppers" when
one piece i