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  2. Dovetail joint - Wikipedia

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    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

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    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. [1]

  4. Glossary of woodworking - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Router (woodworking) - Wikipedia

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    The set up includes an air or electric driven router, a cutting tool often referred to as a router bit, and a guide template. Also the router can be fixed to a table or connected to radial arms which can be controlled more easily. In general there are three types of cutting bits or tools. Fluted cutters (used for edging and trimming)

  6. Mortise and tenon - Wikipedia

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    There are many variations of this type of joint, and the basic mortise and tenon has two components: the mortise hole, and; the tenon tongue. The tenon, formed on the end of a member generally referred to as a rail, fits into a square or rectangular hole cut into the other, corresponding member. The tenon is cut to fit the mortise hole exactly.

  7. Wikipedia : WikiProject Woodworking

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    Router bit. Straight bit,Round over,Cove bit,Roman Ogee,Double ogee,Core box bit,Flush trim bit,Panel raising bit,Keyhole bit,Rabbeting bit,Wing cutter,Chamfering bit,Beading cutter,Lock miter and other joint cutting bits,Dovetail bit, Sanders. Belt sander, Palm sander, Disc sander (article needs to be extended), Stroke sander, Random orbital ...

  8. Joinery - Wikipedia

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    Dovetail joint: A form of box joint where the fingers are locked together by diagonal cuts. Dado joint: Also called a housing joint or trench joint, a slot is cut across the grain in one piece for another piece to sit in; shelves on a bookshelf having slots cut into the sides of the shelf, for example. Groove joint

  9. Log house - Wikipedia

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    A dovetail joint is cut on the end of a log, where it would rest in a corner—one to the right and one to the left; this creates a tight, interlocking corner. Handcrafted dovetails can be full dovetail with notch surface slopes in two directions simultaneously, or half dovetail with notch surface slopes in one direction.