Non-woodworking Dovetails
Dovetails are most commonly, but not exclusively, used in woodworking. Other areas of use are:
- Linear guides, for example on a lathe
- Attaching turbine blades to the shaft in jet engines and other applications
- Clockmaking: dovetailing a new tooth, when replacing broken teeth in clock gears.
- Masonry: dovetail construction is regarded a major step forward in the design of lighthouses meant for particularly dangerous areas; the Eddystone Lighthouse and Fastnet Lighthouse are examples of the durable quality of dovetail masonry.
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