Rising Dovetail Joint

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This is a demonstration piece useful for studying and understanding the geometry behind the rising dovetail joint. IT can also serve as a fidget for someone who likes woodworking jpints. The 2 parts slide together to create what looks like an impossible wood joint. A 0.01" (0.25mm) tolerance gap was included on the .STL to allow an easy fit straight off the printer without much, if any, post print filing. Also included is the OpenSCAD version, which allows for the male part with the tongue to be generated, the female part with the tongue cut out to be generated, and the ability to adjust the tolerance gap on both so the fit is easier straight off the printer. Use the Customizer to make this Rising Dovetail exactly the shape you want! Check it out. NOTE: preview for female part looks a little weird, but exports to STL just fine. Trying to figure out a solution. Any suggestions? Updated (3/4/17) Customizer OpenSCAD file updated to include an option to create the male or female part and preview both together (don'T export the both option!!!)! Still working on making the tolerance gap function work. (Option in Customizer doesn't do anything yet.) (also trying to resolve the wierdness in preview of female joint and both in customizer. The part looks fine when the STL file is created. I'm assuming I need to extrude the negative of the tongue part slightly past the block. Any suggestions? To be continued...) Updated (3/9/17) Tolerance gap added! Half of tolerance shaved off male part and half shaved off female part.NExt thinking about trying to make the tongue and the tongue cutout into modules so they can be placed into other locations or multiple locations... Updated 3/17/17 converted much of the code to use modules, simplifying the code and allowing for possibility of adding future customizer options. Thinking about adding capability of including multiple joints on a single part...