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Common Woodworking Joints. Beginning Woodworking Joints. Butt Joints. Edge Butt Joint -Used to make boards wider -Strong . End Butt Joint -Not very strong, -Must be reinforced. Dowel Joint. -Very Strong -Used to make butt joints stronger. Biscuit Joint.
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Common Woodworking Joints Beginning Woodworking Joints
Butt Joints Edge Butt Joint -Used to make boards wider -Strong End Butt Joint -Not very strong, -Must be reinforced
Dowel Joint -Very Strong -Used to make butt joints stronger
Biscuit Joint -Used to strengthen end butt joints or edge joints. -Not as strong as dowel joints. - A type of a spline joint.
Mortise & Tenon Joint -Very Strong -Used on leg and rail construction
Rabbet Joint -Characteristic: Always on the end or edge of a board. Goes with or across the grain. -Used to insert a back panel into the back of a cabinet. -Cut ¼” deep. -Cut as wide as the board going into it.
Dado Joint - Characteristic: Across the Grain and in the middle of a board. -Cut ¼” deep, As wide as the board going into it. -Used to hold a fixed shelf
Groove (Plough) Joint - Characteristic:Goes with the Grain. -In the middle of a Board. -Cut ¼” deep and as wide as the board going it. -Used for drawer bottoms.
Miter Joint Plain Miter Flat Miter -Main purpose is to cover end grain. -Can be reinforced. -Used on the corners of picture frames.
Tongue & Groove -Used on hardwood Flooring
Spline Joint -Separate piece of Wood glued inside. -Used to strengthen a miter or edge joint.
Blind (Stopped) Dado -Does not go clear through. -Stops about ¾”-1” short. -Used so you don’t see the joint.
Dovetail -Used in the best Drawer Construction.
Pocket Screw Joint -Used in place of a dowel Joint or Mortise and Tennon -Used on a face frame.