Respect, yo.
A recent discovery: mortise and tenon joints are so called because they hold until death.
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Only if they are built rigorously. Sloppy mortises are not particularly sound joints.
Posted by: The Modesto Kid | August 30, 2007 at 06:00 AM
Dovetails, now there's a joint...
Posted by: The Modesto Kid | August 30, 2007 at 06:00 AM
(Little known carpentry fact: the dovetail joint was introduced to American furniture-making by immigrant Italian carpenters; the name "dovetail" is a corruption of the phrase dove tale?, "where [is] such [a thing]?" -- this was the customary interjection of legendary joiner Luigi Serafini, who was notorious for misplacing his chisels.)
Posted by: The Modesto Kid | August 30, 2007 at 07:51 AM
I didn't actually think that about mortise and tenon joints, TMK. It's a joke.
Posted by: ben wolfson | September 01, 2007 at 10:56 AM
"rigorously"
or did you notice that?
Posted by: The Modesto Kid | September 01, 2007 at 02:53 PM
Shiiiiit. Hoist on my own petard.
Posted by: ben wolfson | September 01, 2007 at 03:10 PM
Yeah -- also dovetails are not Italian nor named in the manner I said. Check out the Serafini link.
Posted by: The Modesto Kid | September 01, 2007 at 03:45 PM