269, is one in which the edges of two boards are glued and rubbed together tight.

It is used in table-tops, drawing-boards, etc.
To make this joint, first the boards are all laid down flat, side by side, and arranged in the proper order.

Three considerations determine what this order is to be: (1), if the grain is of prime importance, as in quartered oak, then the boards are arranged so as to give the best appearance of the grain.

(2), if possible, the boards should be so arranged that the warping of each board shall counteract that of the adjacent ones.

For this purpose the boards are so laid that the annual rings of one shall alternate in direction with the annual rings of the next, Fig.