Manual of Purpose-Made Woodworking Joinery

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machine- made joints and scribes (indicated with broken
lines in Figures 5.1(a) and (b) above). Figure 5.1(e)
below shows the part- removal of the ovolo mould
beyond the 6mm gouged- out scribe by hand- scribing
of the top rail and 5.1(f ) shows the machined scribe
running through the width of the top rail, leaving
the ovolo- moulded edge mostly intact. Note how
the haunching- depth differs between hand- made
and machine- made joints, with regard to the latter’s
haunch being accommodated in the panel’s groove.

Hand-made scribe

Machined scribe

Figure 5.1 (g) Part horizontal section through the ply
panelled door, showing a partly open mortise- and- tenon
joint between the stile and a panelled rail; in reality, this
joint could only fit together if the slivers of tenon- edge and
mould (*) were removed, as at (h). Note: hand- made and
machine- made joints are not mixed as in these illustrations.

Hand-made scribe

Machined scribe

Figure 5.1 (h) The removal of the 1.5 × 12mm deep

slivers on the narrow edges of the tenon can be visual-

ized by comparing 5.1(h) with 5.1(g); the removal of

the 1.5 × 2.5 mm slivers of face- edge mould and the

hand- scribed shoulder- mould (in the joint area) are shown

as already removed at 5.1(g) and 5.1(h) to avoid confu-

sion. Note: for greater clarity of the one- dimensional

joinery detail given above, compare the information with

the three- dimensional isometric views below at 5.1(i) to

5.1(n).

Figure 5.1 (i) The 1.5 × 12mm groove- slivers to be

removed from the top rail’s tenon.

Figure 5.1 (j) Slivers removed and ovolo moulds mitred

to give profile of scribes.

Figures 5.1 (e) and (f) Part elevational views of hand-
scribing (e) – and machine- scribing techniques (f) of the
mortise- and- tenon joints between the top rail and stile of
the door at 5.1(a) or (b) – as described above.

Horn Horn

(e) (f)

As illustrated at 5.1(g), because the 9mm- wide
panel groove is narrower than the 12mm- wide
mortises in this 35mm- thick interior door, two 1.5 ×
12mm slivers of moulded edge () have to be removed
(pared off with a chisel or craft knife) on each narrow
edge of the tenons – as do two 1.5 × 4mm (quirk-
depth) slivers of beaded edge () on machine- scribes
and the whole mould on hand- scribed joints.