MAKING COMMON FRAMING JOINTS 69 



stock to te removed. Saw with a crosscut-saw, to the shoul- 

 ders, those corners to be removed (Fig. 97). 



49. Chiseling Joints. Lay each board flat on a wooden 

 surface and chisel out remaining parts of joint to be removed. 

 The chisel should be held at an angle, and the first cut should 

 be made near, but not on the shoulder line (Fig. 98). The 



last cut should be made by holding the 

 edge of the chisel on this line, perpendicu- 

 lar with the surface of the board, the depth 

 of the cut being about one-half the thick- 

 FIG. 97. Sawing ness of the board (Fig. 99). Reverse the 

 board, again place the edge of the chisel on 

 the line, and gently tap the chisel with mallet, or push it 

 with right hand thru to meet the opposite cut already 

 formed. This must be done with 

 great care not to under-cut the joint 

 to any appreciable extent. 



The sides of the tongues formed by FlG 98> chiseling dove 

 the rip-saw cuts should not be touch- tails - 

 ed with a chisel unless the saw has not cut to the gage lines. 

 In this case, the chisel should be used to pare off this super- 

 fluous stock (Fig. 91). 



50. Fastening Corners. Drive a 1-1/2" brad thru each 

 projecting piece of the joint, as shown in Fig. 100. Before 



driving the nails in the corners, cover 

 each sliding surface of each joint with 

 cold or hot glue. 



51. Nailing Bottom. The bottom 



boards may be nailed onto the lower 

 FIG. 99. Finishing the .... 



chisel cut. edges of the sides of the box with six- 



