Does this dovetail have a name?

[Zach England]

I saw these dovetails looking at the Lie Nielsen site. Does it have a name? It looks stunningly difficult to do.

[gary Zimmel]

It's called a hounds tooth Zach..

Not the easiest to do....

[Pat Zabrocki]

search the forum for houndstooth. Mark Singer had a really nice post about them some time ago.
cheers
pat

[Zach England]

That's what I wanted to know. Thanks.

[lowell holmes]

Rob Cosman shows how to do it in his advanced dovetail video.

[Narayan Nayar]

Not that I could do a set myself without it looking like a hound's mouth minus several teeth, but isn't that a set normal through dovetails with two baselines?

[gary Zimmel]

In essence yes Narayan.

Trick is remembering what to chop out and what to leave.
Ron C. also teaches how to do them in his course.

[george wilson]

There is no mechanical reason to make that dovetail joint. Just for cuteness,I suppose. A normal one would be stronger,wouldn't it?

[Salem Ganzhorn]

There is no mechanical reason to make that dovetail joint. Just for cuteness,I suppose. A normal one would be stronger,wouldn't it?

Is there a mechanical reason to make a dovetail at all? Box joints with modern glues are just as good right

By the way I am currently struggling with hand cutting dove tails .

[gary Zimmel]

I agree George, there is no mechanical reason to make that joint.
But you have to agree, they sure are purdy....

Most of the furniture I have built for our home have handcut dovetail drawers.
No one notices but it gives me a lot of satisfaction knowing they are there.

[harry strasil]

At least the ones on the end are of a decent size. LOL

[Zach England]

BTW I bought that plane...just want to brag.

[jerry nazard]

BTW I bought that plane...just want to brag.

No. Do not brag. It is in poor taste.
Gloating, however, is always allowed.
I'd say you have a very nice gloat!

[george wilson]

I don't mean that there is no reason for dovetails. Just not fancied up ones. Box joints will fail if the glue fails. Dovetails lock together in 1 direction,at least. I use dovetails myself,even in metal planes I make.

[Dennis McGarry]

I don't mean that there is no reason for dovetails. Just not fancied up ones. Box joints will fail if the glue fails. Dovetails lock together in 1 direction,at least. I use dovetails myself,even in metal planes I make.

Reason? Form along with function is a +10