This section is from the book "Spons' Mechanics' Own Book: A Manual For Handicraftsmen And Amateurs", by Edward Spon. Also available from Amazon: Spons' Mechanics' Own Book.
The following remarks are principally drawn from an excellent paper on " Joints in Woodwork," read before the Civil and Mechanical Engineers' Society by Henry Adams, and embracing nearly all that need be said when the preceding sections on woods and tools have been duly studied.
 
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