As I have mentioned in the past - I blame Mark (Tarhead) for getting me hooked on a new guilty pleasure - watching Leo Goolden rebuild the Tally Ho after his #17 post in this thread: https://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/showthread.php?t=64785&highlight=shaken+tree.
Leo's site is here if you are interested;
http://sampsonboat.co.uk/
Last night I watched an earlier post (http://sampsonboat.co.uk/demolishing-the-deck-reasons-to-rebuild/) where he was removing the hatches and decking and he pointed out a hand cut dovetail (after all this is 1910) and the design where it is notched into the cross beam to keep the gap from showing!
I am not certain, but it looks like the dovetail is also cut at an angle (scarfed?) into the cross beam.
Stand here while I geek out on what was likely a very common joint in that day and time and certainly in the boat building industry.
Leo's site is here if you are interested;
http://sampsonboat.co.uk/
Last night I watched an earlier post (http://sampsonboat.co.uk/demolishing-the-deck-reasons-to-rebuild/) where he was removing the hatches and decking and he pointed out a hand cut dovetail (after all this is 1910) and the design where it is notched into the cross beam to keep the gap from showing!
I am not certain, but it looks like the dovetail is also cut at an angle (scarfed?) into the cross beam.
Stand here while I geek out on what was likely a very common joint in that day and time and certainly in the boat building industry.