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Flat tapered dowel

cuts.flat_tapered_dowel

A dowel tapered flat (a sloping plane, not a cone) on one side towards its right end, e.g. a wedge driven through the tenon of a dowel tusk joint.

Flat tapered dowel, assembled

Parameters

Parameter Default
length 120
amount 8
stock ø16 mm rod, oak

Change them in a design file (see Change an example):

from woodwright.examples import cuts

design = cuts.flat_tapered_dowel(length=150)

Drawings

The plans in one PDF: plans.pdf.

Rod

rod

Cut list

rod  ø16 x 120 mm  oak
     - flat taper 8 mm over 100 on top_face towards right_end

Code

From woodwright/examples/cuts.py, which imports the names it uses (see From an example to your own design):

def flat_tapered_dowel(
    length: float = 120, amount: float = 8, stock: Stock = THICK_DOWEL_OAK
) -> Assembly:
    """A dowel tapered flat (a sloping plane, not a cone) on one side
    towards its right end, e.g. a wedge driven through the tenon of a
    dowel tusk joint."""
    asm, rod = _rod("flat_tapered_dowel", stock, length)
    rod.cut(Taper(rod.top_face, end=rod.right_end, amount=amount, length=length - 20))
    return asm

Exported with woodwright 0.9.0 on 2026-10-25.