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Figure 101.  Making full-dovetailed corners

After the timbers were made, the hewers constructed full-dovetail corners, the most secure cornering that could be made.  It was also the most difficult, requiring skill beyond the ability of most people.
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Copyright Amelia Wallace Vernon. All rights reserved, 1998. Revised, 2007.