Chinese Skewer (Sliding) Dovetail DEMO 24a 串带燕尾 A Traditional Chinese Joinery

The Chinese skewer or sliding dovetail is a traditional Chinese woodworking joinery found ubiquitously throughout China. 中国木工穿戴（串带）燕尾。. It is used primarily on the underside of a table top. The purpose is to keep the table top from warping. The Chinese sliding dovetail combined with a mortise/tenon/mitered frame creates a stable table top.

In DEMO 24b I show you how to make a typical sliding dovetail using Chinese woodworking tools (   • How to Make a Common Sliding Dovetail Usin...  ). Available 2/18/2019

Checkout the links below where I show you how to make a variety of traditional Chinese woodworking tools.

How to make 7 traditional Chinese woodworking Tools:
1. Chinese hand plane 刨子 (   • Hand Plane 刨子 - Traditional Chinese Woodwo...  )
2. Chinese frame saw 锯 (   • Frame Saw 中国锯 - Traditional Chinese Woodwo...  )
3. Chinese dovetail Plane 燕尾刨 (   • Adjustable Sliding Dovetail Plane 燕尾刨 - Tr...  )
4. Chinese Knife Saw 刀锯 (   • Knife Saw 刀锯 - Traditional Chinese Woodwor...  )
5. Chinese cutting gauge 勒刀子 (   • Cutting Gauge 勒刀子 - Traditional Chinese Wo...  )
6. Chinese bevel gauge 活尺 (   • Bevel Gauge 活尺 - Tradition Chinese Woodwor...  )
7. Chinese styled half moon marking gauge 线勒子 (   • Half Moon Marking Gauge  半月线勒子 - Tradition...  )
7b. Offset plate for easy layout of mortise and tenon (   • Offset Plate - Angled Mortise and Tenon La...  )
7c. Foolproof Angled mortise and tenon with the half moon Chinese marking gauge and Offset Plate (   • Foolproof Angled Mortise and Tenon Layout ...  )


I learned this sliding dovetail technique after watching the Chinese master, 辛全生 (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSaX... in one of his videos on youku, the following link is his video on youtube.(   • 【手工榫卯技艺——穿戴】用于稳定大面积板材上集  )

Please enjoy,

John Z Zhu
朱振中
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