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Dove tail joints on corners

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I was looking at some work by Henry Moore today at the Yorkshire Scuplture Park. In addition to the wonderfull etchings and drawings the frames were interesting in that the corners were rounded off, revealing what appeard to be a type of dove tail joint. The frames were mitred but joined using dove tails which were straight not tapered as you might expect and had several fingers rather than one which you might find on a bridle joint. Photographs were allowed unfortunately.

How would a joint such as these be made? On a machine or by hand?
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Something like this?:

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There is another method often used on frames where you join the frame and then run the corner though a table saw to create a slot which a thin spline is glued in and sanded flush when the glue is dry. Like this:

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In the first picture you would need quite a lot of tooling up, but the simple spline is simpler as you can easily knock up a jig.
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Those are the ones thanks. I need to look for a table saw/bench so maybe its time to ask.....any recommendations on small table saws?
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I think it's more than a table saw more of a spindle moulder I would say. There is s company I'm West Yorkshire I think that makes those frames
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started a similar topic a while ago, may help

http://theframersforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=3347

you will need to scroll down a bit to get to the part that is of interest to you
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