Chinese block or cross puzzle in which the various pieces of wood go
together diagonally. Plane up a piece of hardwood (which may be about 14
ins. or 15 ins. long) so that it measures on its end 1/2 in. square. Cut
the wood into six pieces which measure about 2-1/4 ins. long, and then
proceed to mark out, saw and pare up with the chisel two pieces like
sketch A, three pieces like B, and one key piece as C. Now fit these
together to make the completed cross. The solution is left to the reader.
Fig. 396 shows a combination of six pieces which, when fitted together,
will make the Chinese cross similar to Fig. 392. Plane up the strip of
hardwood (birch preferred) so that it measures 1/2 in. square at the end
and proceed to mark out and make two pieces like D, two like E, one like
F, and one piece like G. Put the pieces together to form the Chinese
cross. Again the reader is left to solve the problem of fitting.
[Illustration: Fig. 396.--Another Chinese Cross. (Two Pieces required of
D, Two of E, and One each of F and G.)]
SQUARE PUZZLES are of endless variety. Four of these are shown, all
simple to make, but not equally simple to solve. The only material
required for each is a 5-ins. square piece of 1/8-in. fretwood or
plywood; or, if preferred, pieces of different colour may be used. The
diagrams are given exactly half size, and the lines may be set out direct
on the wood. It will be noticed that all four puzzles are strictly
geometrical in character.
[Illustration: Fig. 397.--Six-piece Square Puzzle. (For Guidance in
Setting Out, the Centre of Top Line is marked at A.)]
[Illustration: Fig. 398.--Five-piece Square Puzzle. (In Setting Out, note
that the Angles B B are Right Angles.)]
[Illustration: Fig. 399.--Ten-piece Square Puzzle. (For Guidance in
Setting Out, the Centre of the Four Outlines are lettered at C, C, C,
C.)]
[Illustration: Fig. 400.--Six-piece Square Puzzle. (The Centres of the
Four Outlines are lettered at D, D, D, D.)]
Fig. 397 is made up of six pieces and is the simplest of the group to
solve. Although containing only five pieces, Fig. 398 will be found to
give more trouble.
Fig. 399, with ten pieces, is undoubtedly the most trying puzzle, and
will be found as baffling as many jig-saw pictures. Fig. 400, again,
presents only moderate difficulties.
If the reader prefers, he may cut the squares to the size illustrated
instead of enlarging them.
[Illustration: Fig. 401.--Blind Dovetail Puzzle Joint (see page 199).]
INDEX
Angle, mitre, 163, 164
Angles for dovetails, 134
Astragals, 128, 129
Back flap hinges, 115, 116
Barefaced (_see under_ Tenon).
Barred door joint, 55
Barrow-wheel joints, 20
Battening, 188
Bevelled dovetailing, 149
Bevelling, guide block for, 161
Birdsmouth joints, 181
Blind lap-dovetailing, 145
Boards, weather, 176
Bolts for scarf joint, 107, 108
Boring away waste, 41, 42
Box, laminated core, 175
Box lid, hingeing, 113
Boxes, dovetails for, 133
Brace and bit, use of, 41, 42
Brass astragal, 129
Bridle joint, mitred, 36, 37
Bridle joint, oblique, 37, 38
Bridle joints, 35
Bridle joints, setting out, 39
Butt hinge, 110, 111
Butt hinge, rising, 115, 116
Butting mitred joint, 8
Buttoning, 184
Carcase work, dovetailing, 149
Card table hinges, 115, 116
Chair joint, interlocking, 91
Chinese cross puzzle, 203
Chinese cross puzzle, diagonal, 204
Chinese puzzle, 189, 190
Chisel used in dovetailing, 137, 138, 153
Chiselling (bridle joints), 45
Chiselling (halved joints), 30, etc.
Chiselling (mortise and tenon joints), 89, etc.
Circular frames, 172
Clamping, 80, 82
Close joint hingeing, 125
Cogged joints, 181
Column joints, 179
Combing joint, 55
Core box, laminated, 175
Corner dovetail, 152
Corner joints, halved, 14
Corner tongued joints, 55, 56
Cornice frame dovetailed, 143, 144
Cornice pole, dowelling, 97, 98
Cornice pole joints, 177
Corrugated steel fasteners, 185
Cot joints, 178
Countersink bit, 96
Cradle for planing, 52
Cradle for planing dowels, 94
Cramping glued joints, 11, 12
Cramping tongued and grooved mitre joint, 56, 57
Cross halving joints, 18, 23
Cross puzzle, 200
Cross puzzle, Chinese, 203
Cross puzzle, diagonal, 204
Cross tongues, 51, 52
Curved work, joints for, 172
Diagonal cross puzzle, 204
Dogs, iron, 10, 11
Donkey's ear shooting board, 327
Door frames, semicircular head, 173, 175
Door joints, barred, 55
Doors, "bound," 109
Doors, hingeing, 116-119
Doors, shutting joints of, 127, 129
Dovetail angle template, 134, 154
Dovetail, corner, 152
Dovetail grooving, 160
Dovetail halved joints, 17, 19, 20
Dovetail, housed and mitred, 145
Dovetail joint, the 132
Dovetail puzzles, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199
Dovetail, secret mitred, 146
Dovetail-wedged tenon joint, 75
Dovetailed keys, 147, 148
Dovetailed scarf joint, 103, 104
Dovetailing, bevelled, 149
Dovetailing, blind lap, 145
Dovetailing, lap, 133
Dovetailing, oblique, 151
Dovetailing, through, 132
Dovetails, frame, 143
Dovetails, machine made, 159
Dovetails, sawing, 141, 155
Dovetails, setting out, 151
Dowel cradle for planing, 94
Dowel plate, steel, 93
Dowel rounder, 96
Dowel with groove, 94, 95
Dowelling frames, 100
Dowelling joints, 93
Dowelling table legs, 101
Dowels, making, 93
Drawbore pinning, 78
Drawer bottom joint, 188
Drawer joints, dust-proof, 131
Drawer ploughslips, 10, 11
Drawers, dovetailing, 133, etc., 156
Dreadnought file, 81, 82
Drop table joint, 20
Dust-proof drawer joints, 131
Fall fronts, hingeing, 119
Fasteners, corrugated steel, 185
Feather tongues, 51, 52
Fencing, joint for, 71
File, dreadnought, 81, 82
Finger joint hinge, 122, 123
Fished joint, 105, 106
Flap (back) hinges, 115, 116
Floor boards, 48
Fly rails, 120, 121
Fox-wedging, 76
Frame dovetails, 143
Frame joints, Oxford, 26, 27
Frame, mirror, with bridle joints, 37
Frames, circular, 172
Frames, dowelling, 100
Frames for oil paintings, 184
Gate joint, 68, 69
Gauge, marking, 28, 29, 40
Gauge, marking dovetails with cutting, 135
Gauging boards for dowelling, 97, 98
Gauging for hinges, 110, 111
Glued joint, the, 1
Glueing dowelled joints, 97
Glueing rubbed joints, 2
Grooved joints (_see_ Tongued and Grooved), 48
Grooves, ploughing, 58
Grooving, dovetail, 160
Halved and dovetailed joints, 17, 19, 20
Halved and mitred joints, 16
Halved joint, the, 13
Halved joints, setting out, 28
Halved scarf joint, 103, 104
Halving joints, cross, 18, 23
Hammer head tenons, 80
Handscrews, 11, 12
Haunched tenons, 65
Hinge, butt, 110, 111
Hinge, finger joint, 122, 123
Hinge, knuckle joint, 122, 123
Hinge recesses, 112
Hinge, rule joint, 125
Hinged cornice pole, 177
Hinged joints, 109
Hingeing box lid, 113
Hingeing, close joint, 125
Hingeing doors, 116-119
Hingeing draught screens, 121
Hingeing fall fronts, 119
Hingeing, open joint, 124
Hinges, gauging for, 110, 111
Hinges, various, 110, 114, 115, 116
Hook joints, 130
Housed and mitred dovetail, 145
Interlocking chair joint, 91
Iron dogs, 10, 11
Japanese self-wedging tenon joint, 72
Joint, drawer bottom, 188
Joint, fished, 105, 106
Joint, interlocking chair, 91
Joint, tabled scarf, 107
Joint, tie beam scarf, 106
Joints,
barefaced tenon, 64
barred door, 55
barrow wheel, 20
battened, 188
birdsmouth, 181
bridle, 35
butting mitred, 8
cogged, 181
column and pillar, 179
combing or locking, 55
cornice pole, 177
cot, 178
cross halving, 18, 23
dovetail, 132
dovetailed and wedged tenon, 75
dowelling, 93
dust-proof drawer, 131
fencing, 71
for curved work, 172
garden gate, 68, 69
glued, 1
halved, 13
halved and dovetailed, 17, 19, 20
haunched tenon, 65
hinged, 109
hook, 130
ladder, 177
laminated, 10, 11, 172, 175
lap, 13
light-tight, 131
meeting, 129
miscellaneous, 176
mitre-faced tenon, 77
mitre bridle, 36, 37
mitre halved, 16
mitred, 163
mitred and tenoned, 72, 73
mitred and tongued, 56, 57
mortise and tenon, 64
notched, 180
oblique bridle, 37, 38
oblique halved, 15, 23
ogee-shaped, 8
open slot mortise, 80
partition, 24, 25
ploughing for tongued and grooved, 58
puzzle, 189
rafter and tie beam, 182
rafter (tenon), 77
rebated door, 129
roof, 34, 37, 38
roof (tenon), 77
rubbed, 1
saddle, 180
sash bar, 79
scarf, 103
screen, 114, 121
scribed and tenoned, 72
setting out bridle, 39
setting out halved, 28
setting out tenon, 83
shouldered tenon, 70, 71, 79
shutting, 127
skirting and muntin, 178
T, 14, 18
tie, 22, 23
tongued and grooved, 48
tongued corner, 55, 56
trestle, 24
tusk tenon, 74, 75
weather board, 176
wheelwright's self-wedging tenon, 75
Keyhole screwing, 187
Keying, dovetail, 147
Keying, veneer, 178
Keys, dovetailed, 147
Knuckle joint hinge, 122, 123
Ladder joints, 177
Laminated joints, 10, 11
Lamination, 175
Lap dovetailing, 133
Lap dovetailing, blind, 145
Lap joints, 13
Laths, winding, 3
Lid, hingeing box, 113
Light-tight joints, 131
Locking (inter) chair joint, 91
Locking joint, 55
Marking gauge, 28, 29, 40
Matchboarding, 49
Meeting joints, 129
Mirror frame with bridle joints, 37
Mitre box, saw used in, 171
Mitre bridle joint, 36, 37
Mitre, curved, 163, 164, 168, 169
Mitre faced tenon joint, 77
Mitre halved joints, 16
Mitre sawing block, 165
Mitre, setting out a curved, 168, 169
Mitre template, 170
Mitre trap, screw, 165, 166
Mitred and housed dovetail, 145
Mitred and tenoned joint, 72, 73
Mitred butting joint, 8
Mitred dovetail, secret, 146
Mitred frames, dowelling, 99, 100
Mitred joint, the, 163
Mitred tongued joints, 56, 57
Mitres, curved, 169
Mortise and tenon joints, 64
Mortise, open slot, 80
Mortising, 87
Mortising puzzle, 201
Mouldings, mitreing, 165, 171
Muntin joint, 178
Notched joints, 180
Oblique bridle joint, 37, 38
Oblique dovetailing, 151
Oblique joints, halved, 15, 23
Ogee-shaped joint, 8
Open-joint hingeing, 124
Open slot mortise, 80
Oxford frame, halved joints for, 26, 27
Partition joints, 24, 25
Patera covers, 183
Pelleting, 182
Piano front joint, 9, 11
Pinning, 73
Pinning, drawbore, 78
Pins, dovetail, 136
Pivot hinges, 114, 115, 116
Plane, old woman's tooth, 161, 162
Plane, the plough, 58, 59, 60
Planes, tongueing and grooving, 61
Planing, cradle for, 52
Planing mitred work, 165
Plinth frame dovetailed, 143, 144
Plough plane, the, 58, 59, 60
Ploughing for tongued and grooved joints, 58
Ploughslips, glueing, 10, 11
Plugging, 186
Pole joints, cornice, 177
Puzzle, Chinese cross, 203
Puzzle, cross, 200
Puzzle, diagonal Chinese cross, 204
Puzzle joints, 189
Puzzle, mortising, 201
Puzzles, dovetail, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 208
Puzzles, square, 205
Rafter and tie beam joints, 182
Rafter joint (tenon), 77
Rebated door joints, 129
Reversible screen hinge, 114, 115
Rising butt hinge, 115, 116
Roof joints, 34, 37, 38
Roof joints (tenon), 77
Roof work, scarfed joints used in, 103, 104, 106
Rubbed joint, 1
Rule joint hinge, 125
Saddle joints, 180
Sash bar joints, 79
Sawing block for mitreing, 165
Sawing (bridle joints), 41, etc.
Sawing dovetails, 141, 155
Sawing for hinge recesses, 112
Sawing (halved joints), 30, 31, etc.
Sawing (tenons), 84, etc.
Scarf joint, fished, 105, 106
Scarf joint for heavy timber, lapped and bolted, 107, 108
Scarf joint, tabled, with straps, 107
Scarf joints, 103
Scarf joints, tie beam, 106
Screen hinges, 114, 115, 116
Screens, hingeing draught, 121
Screwing, slot or keyhole, 187
Screws, hiding with pateras, 183
Scribed tenon joint, 72
Secret mitred dovetail, 146
Setting out dovetails, 151
Shooting board, 7, 10, 11
Shooting board for mitreing, 165, 166, 167
Shoulders, 14, etc., 19, 23
Shoulders of tenons, tongueing, 63
Shoulders, sawing, 45
Shoulders (tenon), 70, 71, 79
Shoulders, tenon with tongued and grooved, 79
Shutting joints, 127
Sideboard pillar joints, 179
Skirting and muntin joint, 178
Skirting, mitred, 163
Skirting mould, double, 56, 58
Slot screwing, 187
Spandrel, jointing shaped, 9, 11
Spandrel with tongued joint, 52, 53
Sprocket wheel, 68
Square puzzles, 205
Steel fasteners, corrugated, 185
Stiles, shutting and meeting, 128
Stopped bridle joint, 37, 38
Stopped dovetail halving, 17
Strap hinge, 114, 115
Straps for scarf joints, 107, 108
Stump tenons, 65
T joints, halved, 14, 18
Table (card) hinges, 115, 116
Table frame, laminated, 174, 175
Table framing, 79
Table joint, drop, 20
Table leg with bridle joint, 36
Table legs, dowelled, 101
Table tops buttoned, 184
Table with circular rim, joint for, 25
Tabled scarf joint, 107
Template, dovetail angle, 134, 154
Template for mitreing, 170
Tenon (and mortise) joints, 64
Tenon joint, dovetailed and wedged, 75
Tenon joint, mitred and moulded, 72, 73
Tenon joint, scribed, 72
Tenon joint, self-wedging, 72
Tenon joint with mitred face, 77
Tenon joint with tongued and grooved shoulders, 79
Tenon joints, barefaced, 64
Tenon joints, drawbore pinning for, 78
Tenon joints, setting out, 83
Tenon joints, shouldered, 70, 71, 79
Tenon joints, tusk, 74, 75
Tenoned scarf joint, 103, 105
Tenons, hammer head, 80
Tenons, haunched, 65
Tenons, inserted, 81, 82
Tenons, stump or stub, 65
Tenons, tongueing shoulders of, 63
Tenons, twin, 72, 73, 80
Through dovetailing, 132
Tie beam and rafter joints, 182
Tie beam scarf joint, 106
Tie joint, 22, 23
Tongue slips, 130
Tongued and grooved joints, applications of, 52
Tongued and grooved joints, 48
Tongued and grooved joints, ploughing for, 58
Tongued joints, corner, 55, 56
Tongueing and grooving planes, 61
Tongues, cross and feather, 51, 52
Tongues, loose, 55
Toothing plane, 161, 162
Trestle joint, 24
Try square, 9, 28
Tusk tenon joints, 74, 75
Twin tenons, 72, 73, 80
Twist bit, 96
Vee'd matchboarding, 49, 50
Vee'd scarf joint, 105
Veneer keying, 178
Wall plugs, 186
Weatherboards, 176
Wedges for tenon joints, 67
Wedging, fox, 76
Wedging frames, 184
Wheel joints, barrow, 20
Wheel, sprocket, 68
Wheelwright's self-wedging tenon joint, 75
Winding laths, 3
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