Curved dovetail

                                                   Guoming Chen & Ethan Salmon

                                       Curved Dovetail Joint

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A dovetail joint or simply dovetail is a joinery technique most commonly used in woodworking joinery (carpentry) including furniture, cabinets. ... Noted for its resistance to being pulled apart (tensile strength), the dovetail joint is commonly used to join the sides of a drawer to the front.

Dovetails by hand or machine

Although historically, dovetails were strictly employed for practical reasons, today, they appear on furniture primarily for decorative and aesthetic reasons and have come to symbolize fine craftsmanship.

CAD model for this joint