  Joinery is a part of woodworking that involves joining together pieces of wood , to create furniture, structures, toys, and other items. Some wood joints employ fasteners, bindings, or adhesives, while others use only wood elements.

Joinery used to build a house is different from that used to make puzzle toys, although some concepts overlap.

   Increased strength with the increase of glued surface area When selecting joints, consider strength, appearance, and difficulty Pieces to be joined should be cut and squared

       Used on boxes and frames that are reinforced with screws or nails Butt joint Plain edge Doweled edge Rabbeted edge or edge lap Tongue and groove Splined and edge

     Used for shelves, frames, bookcases, chests, cabinets Dado Blind dado Dado rabbet Groove

  Used for the corners of simple boxes, cases, drawers Formed with the grain or cross grain

    Cross-lap End-lap Middle-lap Half-lap

     One of the strongest wood joints Blind Open (slip joint) Haunched Barefaced

  Very strong Easier to make than the mortis-and-tenon

       Used for picture frames and moldings for furnature Feather Mitered end-lap Dowels Glue block Spline Lock

     Lap dovetail Trough dovetail Box joints Half-blind dovetail Dovetail dado

  Joint made with “biscuits” “wafers” or “plates” Plate sizes • • • #0 16 x 47mm #10 20 x 52mm #20 24 x 58mm

  Locate and Identify at least five wood joints in the shop.

Create a Dovetail Joint using only hand tools with the wood provided by the teacher.

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