{
 "version": "2026-10-20",
 "license": "Dimension sheets: CC BY 4.0. Standard and published-size files: CC BY 4.0. Xem Studio's own designs (files_license = Xem Studio Design License): free to use and sell things from, not to redistribute as files — https://xemstudio.com/license/. Other publishers' files: their own license, linked beside them.",
 "slug": "through-dovetail-joint",
 "name": "Through dovetail joint",
 "kind": "hardware",
 "category": "Joinery",
 "group": "Dovetail joints",
 "year": null,
 "question": "What are the proportions of a through dovetail joint?",
 "tags": [
  "joinery",
  "woodworking joint",
  "3d printable",
  "connect 3d prints",
  "no glue",
  "stl",
  "step",
  "dovetail joints"
 ],
 "aliases": [
  "through dovetail",
  "through dovetail joint",
  "dovetail joint",
  "dovetail joint dimensions",
  "dovetail angle",
  "3d printed dovetail",
  "cola de milano",
  "ensamble cola de milano",
  "Schwalbenschwanzverbindung",
  "Zinken"
 ],
 "overall_mm": {
  "length": 90,
  "width": 60,
  "height": 90
 },
 "official_cad": false,
 "xem_status": "free-files",
 "les": false,
 "free_files": 3,
 "url": "https://xemstudio.com/objects/through-dovetail-joint/",
 "sheet_txt": "https://xemstudio.com/objects/through-dovetail-joint/sheet.txt",
 "sheet": {
  "basis": "Xem Studio design — geometry computed in the generator from traditional proportions",
  "overall_mm": {
   "length": 90,
   "width": 60,
   "height": 90
  },
  "notes": [
   "Woodworking joint drawn for 3D printing: the parts lock together by shape, so a print can be joined without glue or screws. Drawn at true size with the parts line to line (zero gap) in their assembled position — add your printer's fit allowance to the mating faces (your AI or slicer can do this).",
   "The box corner joint: tails on one board, pins on the other, showing on both faces.",
   "Print both boards flat; the dovetail shapes are vertical walls in that orientation."
  ],
  "table": {
   "columns": [
    "dimension",
    "value"
   ],
   "rows": [
    [
     "stock",
     "10 mm boards, 60 mm wide"
    ],
    [
     "parts",
     "tail board, pin board"
    ],
    [
     "tails",
     "3, 10.67 mm at the shoulder → 14 mm at the end"
    ],
    [
     "slope",
     "1:6 (9.46°)"
    ],
    [
     "pins",
     "6 mm at the narrow side; half-pins at the edges"
    ],
    [
     "assembles",
     "the tail board drops onto the pin board (one direction only)"
    ],
    [
     "holds",
     "pulling the tail board away along its length"
    ]
   ]
  }
 },
 "sheet_text": "Through dovetail joint — dimension sheet\nSource: Xem Studio, https://xemstudio.com/objects/through-dovetail-joint/  (sheet CC BY 4.0; files Xem Studio Design License, https://xemstudio.com/license/)\nBasis: Xem Studio design — geometry computed in the generator from traditional proportions\nCatalog version: 2026-10-20\n\nOverall (mm): length 90.0, width 60.0, height 90.0\n- Woodworking joint drawn for 3D printing: the parts lock together by shape, so a print can be joined without glue or screws. Drawn at true size with the parts line to line (zero gap) in their assembled position — add your printer's fit allowance to the mating faces (your AI or slicer can do this).\n- The box corner joint: tails on one board, pins on the other, showing on both faces.\n- Print both boards flat; the dovetail shapes are vertical walls in that orientation.\n\ndimension  value\nstock  10 mm boards, 60 mm wide\nparts  tail board, pin board\ntails  3, 10.67 mm at the shoulder → 14 mm at the end\nslope  1:6 (9.46°)\npins  6 mm at the narrow side; half-pins at the edges\nassembles  the tail board drops onto the pin board (one direction only)\nholds  pulling the tail board away along its length\n\nFiles elsewhere (not hosted by Xem Studio; license as stated by the publisher):\n- Xem Studio: Joinery design (geometry computed in the generator from traditional proportions) — web — Xem Studio design — https://xemstudio.com/\n\nFree files (Xem Studio Design License, Xem Studio; STEP + STL, 3 parts): https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/through-dovetail-joint/index.json\nAPI: https://xemstudio.com/api/geometry?object=through-dovetail-joint\n",
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  {
   "publisher": "Xem Studio",
   "title": "Joinery design (geometry computed in the generator from traditional proportions)",
   "url": "https://xemstudio.com/",
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    "web"
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  }
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  "mesh_price_usd": null,
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  "tolerance_mm": null
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 "related": [
  "half-blind-dovetail-joint",
  "sliding-dovetail-joint",
  "box-joint",
  "dovetail-halving-joint"
 ],
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 "dimensions": "exact (nominal, no printing tolerance)",
 "dimension_rule": "All geometry on Xem Studio is exact (nominal, true size) with no printing tolerance. Where a part meets another part, the object lists its mating features (feature, exact size, what it mates with, fit class: press, slide, run, socket, clamp or designed). Apply your process's allowance to those features only; 'designed' gaps are part of the design and stay as drawn.",
 "mating": [],
 "faq": [
  {
   "q": "What is the dovetail angle?",
   "a": "1:6 (9.46°) here; 1:8 (7.1°) is common for hardwood boxes."
  },
  {
   "q": "Can you 3D print a dovetail joint?",
   "a": "Yes — print both boards flat and add your fit allowance to the angled faces."
  }
 ],
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   "stl": "https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/through-dovetail-joint/through-dovetail-joint-pin-board.stl",
   "note": "Pin board: pins and two half-pins"
  },
  {
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   "note": "All parts in their assembled position (each part its own solid)"
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}