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  • All of the joints should be doweled and glued, then corner blocked — to keep the structure rigid and strong.

    Furniture as Part of the Family Duane Hampton 2011

  • Three stories above ground a doweled landing post projected from the massive tree.

    A Corridor in the Asylum 2010

  • Will, we were advised by friends who went through the Ikea-kitchen-cabinets-experience to GLUE all the doweled joints.

    DesignerBlog Will 2008

  • It was composed of separate elements, possibly even carved from different materials, either joined or doweled together.

    Hadrian at Sagalassos 2007

  • He was a yearling and I carried him to the club each Saturday in his little crate, wooden, about a foot cube, with a doweled front -- approximately the same size as my clock.

    Why Pigeons? 2007

  • The heads for both barrels were also laid out'single round sections, rather than sections of quartersawn wood doweled in place.

    Wellspring of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 2004

  • AFTER MR. SINGH, one of our more vigilant exit guards, doweled through my satchel with his stick of polished pine, I said good night to Norton and started the long walk uptown. next »

    Excerpt: The Grand Complication by Allen Kurzweil 2001

  • They still seemed to stand in their original position and their backs had been doweled most probably to a female dress.

    Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Roman Baths Report 4 2003

  • Round bores and long holes are the basis of wooden joints: e.g. a doweled groove, a doweled frame joint, a caulked frame joint or cutting-outs for placing mountings.

    1. The Purpose of Drilling and Cutting with Long-hole Cutters Johannes Schollbach 1993

  • Sometimes, however, as in chests, Fig. 290, posts are used instead of stiles, and rails are mortised or doweled into them and the panels set into grooves in both posts and rails.

    Handwork in Wood William Noyes

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