Its rare that a question pops up on this forum that is my very own narrow area of expertise , this however is it . a dove tail joint is basically a tapered finger joint , it purpose is to stop the joint opening from one direction ,commonly used in box making where the load is applied to the top and bottom of a frame.Even without adhesive or screws the dove tail joint cannot come apart in one direction unless the material itself fails .I use finger joints because is increases the adhesive contact area and locates the correct lateral position. The debate over joinery v glue is a bit like poker . a glued butt joint is beaten by a screwed and glued butt joint , witch is beaten by a screwed and glued joinery joint , and so on :- Some joints have a very particular use and the dovetail has acquired its own high status . the other thing to remember is that if used correctly , modern adhesive sticks to the surface of wood and forms a bond as strong as the wood itself. I always like to see carefully crafted woodworking joints , especially when constructing our beloved tanks .
Neil R On Jan 23, 2:32 am, Gregory Kampjes <[email protected]> wrote: > Well the Panther tank used finger joints to join the pieces of the hull at > the front. So it's a perfectly good idea. I don't think that dovetail joints > would have enough of a difference to be worth the trouble. > > -Gregory > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 10:24 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > In a message dated 1/22/2011 9:17:54 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > > [email protected] writes: > > > Perhaps it is for collisions? Are collisions that frequent? Seems like > > a risk-reward trade there. But I would think that the design of the > > game should aim for longer range engagements rather than charging at > > each other. Anyway longer range is the goal in modern warfare. > > > no, collisions aren't frequent, but they do happen. > > > as to the risk-reward trade, i don't see any difference in this build as > > i'm not adding any weight to the tank hull and am not even sure how it > > compares to other lower tank hull weights, but then i wasn't concerned about > > that when i dropped it off at the shop, nor am i now. i just wanted a more > > stronger lower and felt that having some joints (dove tail or finger) would > > only help strengthen some of the joints (as apposed to just using butt > > joints). > > > as for long range engagements there's just as many of them as there is > > close up > > > Chris, > > Odyssey Slipways <http://hometown.aol.com/odysseyslipways/index.html> > > > -- > > You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. > > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > > Visit the group athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat
