Ta′ble-leaf joint.
A peculiar form of furniture joint used in desk and table leaves, rules, and in some kinds of shutters.
It has a molded edge, forming a
quarter-round, the respective portions being
hollow and
swelling, so as to move on each other in manner of a knuckle-joint.
The pintle occupies the position of the axis of the curved surfaces.
Also known as a
rule-joint.
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Machine for making table-leaf joints. |
Fig. 6153 shows a machine for planing the molding edges; the cutter-heads
g g have the shape the converse of the one required on the material.
The cutter-heads and mandrel are upon a sliding carriage, the work being dogged to the rests
n n, whose inclination secures the proper presentation of the staff to the cutters.
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Pair of table-planes with fence. |
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Table-engine. |
