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2. Treenail - Wikipedia

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   A treenail, also trenail, trennel, or trunnel, is a wooden peg, pin, or dowel used to fasten pieces of wood together, especially in timber frames, covered bridges, wooden shipbuilding and boat building. [1] It is driven into a hole bored through two (or more) pieces of structural wood (mortise and tenon).

3. Nail (fastener) - Wikipedia

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   Thumbtack (or "push-pin" or "drawing-pin") are lightweight pins used to secure paper or cardboard. Casing nails – have a head that is smoothly tapered, in comparison to the "stepped" head of a finish nail. When used to install casing around windows or doors, they allow the wood to be pried off later with minimal damage when repairs are needed ...

4. Taper pin - Wikipedia

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   A taper pin is a fastener used in mechanical engineering. They are steel rods with one end having a slightly larger diameter than the other. Metric taper pins have a taper of 1:50. [1] A 1:50 taper means that one end of a 50 mm long bar will be 1 mm smaller in diameter than the other end.

5. Dowel - Wikipedia

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   Wooden dowel pins. The dowel is a cylindrical shape made of wood, plastic, or metal. In its original manufactured form, a dowel is long and called a dowel rod, which are often cut into shorter dowel pins. [citation needed] Dowels are commonly used as structural reinforcements in cabinet making and in numerous other applications, including:

6. Mortise and tenon - Wikipedia

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   It is a locked (pegged) mortise and tenon technique that consists of cutting two mortises into the edges of two planks; a separate rectangular tenon is then inserted in the two mortises. The assembly is then locked in place by driving a dowel through one or more holes drilled through mortise side wall and tenon. [14] [15]

7. Metal roof - Wikipedia

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   A metal roof is a roofing system featuring metal pieces or tiles exhibiting corrosion resistance, impermeability to water, and long life. It is a component of the building envelope . The metal pieces may be a covering on a structural, non-waterproof roof, or they could be self-supporting sheets.