Methods For developed Fine Woodworkers

The joinery methods listed below, are some of the most keen types in fine woodworking, and are not suited for the beginner. These advanced joinery methods include:

Mortise And Tenon Joints

Carpentry Framing

Used extensively by experienced woodworkers, for joining furniture parts. Also used in timber framing. The mortise is a quadrate hole, made by drilling holes in the wood - the hole is finished (made quadrate or rectangular) by use of wood chisels. The tenon part of the joint is the quadrate "peg", also fashioned by use of wood chisels. An example of this joinery method; a coffee table with mortises set into the table top, would have one (or both) ends of the legs and cross braces fashioned into tenons, allowing the legs and braces to slide into the quadrate hole sockets.

Dovetail Joinery

Also used by advanced woodworkers. Dovetail joints are used for production corners in costly items, like attractive boxes and chests, and drawers in fine furniture, to name a few. Also, dovetails and "Half Dovetail" joints can be found in some log dwelling construction. Dovetail joints are some of the most beautiful types of joints known to the craft of fine woodworking they're also one of the strongest.

Dowel Joinery

Calls for the use of wooden 'pegs', used as a 'male and female' type of joinery. The pegs or 'dowels' are usually a few inches long - a hole is drilled in the end of one of the boards to be joined, the dowel is inserted into the hole to fit snugly, and usually glued into place. A hole is then marked and drilled into the other piece of wood, glued, and the two pieces of wood are fit together. Furniture built with dowel joinery has good, preliminary drive and integrity, but doweled sections tend to come loosened over time.

"Biscuit" Joinery

Works sort of like dowel joinery, but uses "biscuits" instead of dowels. These biscuits are no ifs ands or buts small, oval pieces of wood, and the method requires the use of a extra power tool, called a "biscuit joiner". This is a relatively new joinery technique, and is becoming a beloved among fine woodworkers who do a lot of joinery. Biscuit joinery has the benefit of being a quick and relatively uncostly form of joinery. It's faster than constructing most of the "traditional" joints, like those listed above. The only gargantuan price is the preliminary investment of buying the biscuit joiner tool - the rest of the law only requires the buy of the "biscuits", usually sold in boxes of 500 pieces or so, and the yellow wood glue. The glue and the biscuits cost less than - the biscuit joiner runs in the 0 to 0 range.

Methods For developed Fine Woodworkers

The joinery methods listed below, are some of the most keen types in fine woodworking, and are not suited for the beginner. These advanced joinery methods include:

Mortise And Tenon Joints

Carpentry Framing

Used extensively by experienced woodworkers, for joining furniture parts. Also used in timber framing. The mortise is a quadrate hole, made by drilling holes in the wood - the hole is finished (made quadrate or rectangular) by use of wood chisels. The tenon part of the joint is the quadrate "peg", also fashioned by use of wood chisels. An example of this joinery method; a coffee table with mortises set into the table top, would have one (or both) ends of the legs and cross braces fashioned into tenons, allowing the legs and braces to slide into the quadrate hole sockets.

Dovetail Joinery

Also used by advanced woodworkers. Dovetail joints are used for production corners in costly items, like attractive boxes and chests, and drawers in fine furniture, to name a few. Also, dovetails and "Half Dovetail" joints can be found in some log dwelling construction. Dovetail joints are some of the most beautiful types of joints known to the craft of fine woodworking they're also one of the strongest.

Dowel Joinery

Calls for the use of wooden 'pegs', used as a 'male and female' type of joinery. The pegs or 'dowels' are usually a few inches long - a hole is drilled in the end of one of the boards to be joined, the dowel is inserted into the hole to fit snugly, and usually glued into place. A hole is then marked and drilled into the other piece of wood, glued, and the two pieces of wood are fit together. Furniture built with dowel joinery has good, preliminary drive and integrity, but doweled sections tend to come loosened over time.

"Biscuit" Joinery

Works sort of like dowel joinery, but uses "biscuits" instead of dowels. These biscuits are no ifs ands or buts small, oval pieces of wood, and the method requires the use of a extra power tool, called a "biscuit joiner". This is a relatively new joinery technique, and is becoming a beloved among fine woodworkers who do a lot of joinery. Biscuit joinery has the benefit of being a quick and relatively uncostly form of joinery. It's faster than constructing most of the "traditional" joints, like those listed above. The only gargantuan price is the preliminary investment of buying the biscuit joiner tool - the rest of the law only requires the buy of the "biscuits", usually sold in boxes of 500 pieces or so, and the yellow wood glue. The glue and the biscuits cost less than - the biscuit joiner runs in the 0 to 0 range.

Methods For developed Fine Woodworkers