s vertical and the other piece is inclined.

Fig. 299.--Method of dovetailing small boxes. The box is dovetailed in
one width and the top and bottom glued on; the sides and ends are then
cut along the dotted line, thus forming the lid. It will be noticed that
a specially wide dovetail pin must be left so as to form part of the lid
and part of the lower portion.

[Illustration: Fig. 298.--Oblique Dovetailing.]

[Illustration: Fig. 299.--Dovetailing for Small Box.]

SETTING OUT THE JOINT.--For constructing a dovetail joint at the corner
of a frame, as Fig. 300, it is necessary at the outset to trim up the
ends of the timber square and true. This may be accomplished by neatly
sawing to the line and paring the end of the wood with a sharp chisel,
or by bringing the wood to a finish with a finely-set plane, such as an
iron-faced smoothing plane. The ends of the wood must be perfectly square
when tested from either the face side or from the marked edge.

[Illustration: Fig. 300.--Corner Dovetail.]

[Illustration: Fig. 301.--Squaring.]

Take a cutting gauge and set it to equal the thickness of the timber,
and, holding it as already shown at Fig. 273, strike the gauge lines on
the wood as illustrated at Fig. 302, G. Proceed to mark out the dovetail
pins, as at Fig. 303; in this illustration G again shows the gauge line.
The inclination of the lines across the end of the wood should not be too
great, or the joint will be a weak one, and the edges of the dovetails
will be liable to crumble away when the work is knocked together.

DOVETAILING TEMPLATE.--Many workers who are constantly engaged upon
dovetail joints make a small wooden template, as shown at Fig. 304. This
template is generally of hardwood, such as beech or walnut. The method of
obtaining the correct angles of such a template has already been given on
p. 134. Notice that the lines _bb_ (Fig. 303) of the dovetail pins do
_not_ bevel; they are parallel to the sides of the wood and at right
angles to the end of the wood as shown.

[Illustration: Fig. 302.--Gauging.]

[Illustration: Fig. 303.--Marking the Pins.]

CHISEL WORK.--After marking out, as shown at Fig. 303, place the wood on
the bench and proceed to chop away the centre portion in the following
manner. Hold the chisel on the bevel and cut out a small piece to form a
channel at the gauge line. Now hold the chisel in a vertical position,
and with a mallet strike it so as to make a cut about 1/8 in. deep