Joist were typically planed smooth (wrought) and sometimes chamfered or beaded. Joists may join to their supporting beams in many ways: joists resting on top of the supporting beams are said to be "lodged"; dropped in using a butt cog joint (a type of lap joint), half-dovetail butt cog, or a half-dovetail lap joint. Joists may also be tenoned in during the raising with a soffit tenon or a tusk tenon (possibly with a housing). Joists can also be joined by being slipped into mortises after the beams are in place such as a chase mortise (pulley mortise), L-mortise, or "short
Dovetail Games Dovetail Games Dovetail Games (DTG), a trading name of RailSimulator.com Ltd (RSC), is a British simulation video game developer and publisher. It was formed in 2008 by Paul Jackson (formerly VP at Electronic Arts and Director General of ELSPA, now UKIE), Tim Gatland and Charlie McMicking. It originally produced the "RailWorks" franchise, now called "Train Simulator". Developed for the PC, "Train Simulator" is available both as a boxed product from video game retailers and as a download via Valve's Steam platform. "RailWorks"' predecessor, "Rail Simulator", was developed by Kuju Entertainment, the same company that developed "Microsoft Train Simulator" with Microsoft.