A dove who lost its tail

Great job on the puzzle.

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Cool Puzzle! Looks good!

-- Tony C , My high school shop teacher said "You can do it"... Now I can't stop!

Very interesting!!!!!

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!

This hurts my brain. But I really like it. But it hurts my brain. But I really like it. But it hurts my brain. But I really like it…. AAAaaaggghhhhh!!! Make it stop!!!!

Hmmm.. lets see, you used the “Bucksaw” to do the cuts . Using the “Floating magnet” balanced on the “Wine stand” in combination with the “Cherry boot jack” to get the first tails in, you got the next row of tails tucked in using the “Kanna restoration” levered with the “Mini strat”... phew. Once that was done you used the “CD lamp” levered against the “False spiral lamp” to shrink the last row of tails while you levered them in with the “Veneer bookmarks” alright! The “Plant stand” was handy for the finishing process. Those “Burr puzzles” are now completely annoyed with you because they are totally out classed.

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I like it, but this is going to bother me …

I even did a quick drawing on sketchup to see what I think each piece should look like, but if you make it as I drew it, without gaps between the pins and tails, it just cannot go together. It that the secret?

dspahn is right – it hurts my brain too.

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can you post some more photos? I’d love to take a crack at this thing

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Does PETA know about this poor dove?

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sooooo neat, eyes might uncross later today ;-D

-- Kelly, woodworker under construction

I’ve seen this joint done on one corner and I can see how it could be done on 3, but my guess is that the fourth corner (the one we can’t see) doesn’t look the same????

-- Cal Noguchi

I know I’m dumb, but now I’m dumbfounded!

-- Gene 'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

I have not watched the video yet but I am guessing that these are all rising dovetails which allows the joint to be assembled…They layout for this would make my brain hurt.

Nicely done.

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Love it!
Very Roy Underhill

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Some fun guesses (I’m looking at you exelectrician), and a hearty congratulations to RG for coming up with the solution so quickly! I put up another photo from above, but I’ll save the full reveal for those who would like to puzzle it out. Plane makers create this joint, but they cheat by using a peen hammer. I came across some astounding examples of joinery by Kintaro Yazawa, including the nejiri arigata aka twisted dovetail, a close cousin of this double dovetail. An astounding repository of wooden puzzles can be seen here.

Very puzzling. I understand the twisted dovetail, I understand the rising dovetail, but this boggles my mind. I’lll be making one of these once you or I figure out how it is done. Nice job and thanks for posting.

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