enow.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: wooden dovetail joints for woodworking projects

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Dovetail joint - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dovetail_joint

    A dovetail joint or simply dovetail is a joinery technique most commonly used in woodworking joinery (carpentry), including furniture, cabinets, [1] log buildings, and traditional timber framing. Noted for its resistance to being pulled apart, also known as tensile strength , the dovetail joint is commonly used to join the sides of a drawer to ...

  3. Butterfly joint - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_joint

    Butterfly joint. A butterfly joint, also called a bow tie, dovetail key, Dutchman joint, or Nakashima joint, is a type of joint or inlay used to hold two or more pieces of wood together. These types of joints are mainly used for aesthetics, but they can also be used to reinforce cracks in pieces of wood, doors, picture frames, or drawers.

  4. Joinery - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joinery

    Joinery. Joinery is a part of woodworking that involves joining pieces of wood, engineered lumber, or synthetic substitutes (such as laminate), to produce more complex items. Some woodworking joints employ mechanical fasteners, bindings, or adhesives, while others use only wood elements (such as dowels or plain mortise and tenon fittings).

  5. Glossary of woodworking - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_woodworking

    A joint technique most commonly used in woodworking joinery. Noted for its resistance to being pulled apart (tensile strength), the dovetail joint is commonly used to join the sides of a drawer to the front. dowel A cylindrical piece of wood used as a pin for securing a joint. drawknife A cutting tool with two handles used for cutting large ...

  6. Tongue and groove - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue_and_groove

    Tongue and groove is a method of fitting similar objects together, edge to edge, used mainly with wood, in flooring, parquetry, panelling, and similar constructions. Tongue and groove joints allow two flat pieces to be joined strongly together to make a single flat surface. Before plywood became common, tongue and groove boards were also used ...

  7. Mortise and tenon - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortise_and_tenon

    A mortise and tenon (occasionally mortice and tenon) joint connects two pieces of wood or other material. Woodworkers around the world have used it for thousands of years to join pieces of wood, mainly when the adjoining pieces connect at right angles. Mortise and tenon joints are strong and stable joints that can be used in many projects.

  8. Dougong - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dougong

    The wooden joinery is one of the earliest examples of modern mortise and tenon joints, [3] [4] using precisely cut notches and grooves to allow for a tight fit. This process can be repeated many times, and rise many stories, each layer of dougong joinery providing a broader, and more stable surface area for the beam. Adding multiple sets of ...

  9. Woodworking - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodworking

    Woodworking. Wooden house with wooden furniture, spinning wheel, loom and various tools. Artists can use woodworking to create delicate sculptures. Woodworking is the skill of making items from wood, and includes cabinetry, furniture making, wood carving, joinery, carpentry, and woodturning.

  1. Ads

    related to: wooden dovetail joints for woodworking projects