Dovetail joints in a timber frame veranda

A dovetail joint is fan shaped: the end of one beam flares out like a dove's tail and sits in a housing of the same shape. Because the end is wider than the opening, the beam cannot pull out in that direction. We use dovetails wherever a beam must not pull away, and on several models we leave them on show.

Models with a visible dovetail

• Berend flat roof with dovetail
• Anton flat roof with dovetail
• Dennis flat roof with dovetail
• Cornelis with dovetail

Every model comes in oak or Douglas fir and in any size.

With mortise and tenon and half-lap

A frame usually uses all three. See mortise and tenon, half-lap and the overview of timber frame joints.

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