"PC Paul" wrote in message
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Andy Dingley wrote:
On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 10:36:29 GMT, "PC Paul" wrote:

I saw a picture a while back on rec.woodworking of a Japanese temple
pillar done with a totally impossible dovetail butt joint cut in
16"+ timbers...

Probably a shiho kama tsugi - the four-faced gooseneck joint. This
has a gooseneck tenon, but it appears to have one on each of the four
sides. Like most of these "impossible" joints to assemble, it's a
diagonal slide to assemble it.

It's not a particularly good joint, because it offers no location
along the 45° plane (that's how you assemble it). It's impressive
though, so it's largely a decorative feature.

I've made simple trick dovetails like that.

That shiho kama tsugi looks impressively difficult to do (by hand anyway),
but I don't think it was the one. The one I saw (shakes memory vault to
stir the dust) had bits sticking out all over the place including wedges
at strange angles.

I'm sure it was pointed to by a post from rec.ww but it would have been
7-8 years ago now!





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