For You Lot Impossible Dovetails

I was shown this articulation at Yandles show. At get-go glance it looks similar a lapped dovetail until you lot hold off to a greater extent than closely, it's angled at the tumble out every bit well.

It was made many years agone out of boxwood in addition to rosewood, both really difficult in addition to yet it was yet a perfect fit. The pictures below should explicate how it was achieved.
Apparently it was a articulation used for asset together the tumble out of large bookcases.

Another fine craftsman showed me unopen to dovetail guides he had made in addition to they actually were things of beauty!

The ii pieces were dovetailed foursquare in addition to hence the angles on the sides cutting afterwards. He was thinking of adding magnets in addition to using them every bit a magnetic dovetail guide. Not that he needs 1 every bit these were cutting totally yesteryear manus in addition to were perfect.

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