Knapp Joint Jig

In fact there was a dovetailing machine patented by charles knapp and nathan clement that was used to make the joint.

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Back then machines to manufacture dovetail joints had not been invented yet whereas the knapp joint was designed to be machine cut the pins part really cant be hand cut. Turns out the cove and pin joint also known as the pin and scallop joint or the knapp joint was commonly used on factory furniture in the late 1800s. 19th century pin and crescent joint templates are for use with matchmaker 95 201 the patented tool that uses templates and a router to make or duplicate nearly any woodworking joint quickly and accurately. 47 out of 5 stars 2776.

The knapp joint was used in manufactured furniture in the 1870s and 1880s as a sort of dovetail joint. Of northampton massachusetts began producing machines to make pin and crescent joints soon nicknamed knapp joints. This joint was a victorian era innovation to replace time consuming hand cut dovetail joints with a fast machine made alternative. More buying choices 3750 16 new offers amazons choice for pocket joint jig.

Free shipping by amazon. Get it as soon as sat oct 3. Where can i obtain a knapp joint jig for sides of drawers. Large template cuts 12 radius crescents with 14 pins on 1 732 centers.

Knapp joint going by other names such as the scallop and dowel pin and scallop and the half moon joint. Joints are decorative and very strong. Sometimes this style is called peg and cresant joints or peg and scallop joints and others. Mr knapp would later patent his design in 1867 leading the way for factories to start mass producing drawers using his machinery.