Showing 121 through 140 out of 192 articles containing "box joints"
Twin Tenons
… them. This way you’ll have a perfectly matched joint. A twin tenon is cut almost like a single tenon, as you can see in the box at the bottom of the page. The only… accurate layout lines. CUTTING. Once the joint is measured and marked, I cut the cheeks and short shoulders, as shown in the left drawings in the box below. Then it’s just a matter of…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 183
June 2009
Template Routing
…our shop complementary Template Routing This outside-the-box routing technique provides a foolproof way to create a seamless joint along a curved line. When making the pizza peel on page 16,… These three bits team up to create a perfect-fitting curved joint. cut matches the desired curve of the joint. The radius of the arc on the opposite side of…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 191
October 2010
Mitered Shoulder Dovetails
…-wood workpieces in a square corner are through dovetails and a simple miter joint. Each of these joints has its advantages. Dovetails offer the ultimate in strength and rigidity and… applied joint, there are a few instances in which it comes in very handy, as demonstrated in the photo above and those in the opposite margin. When building a box, you…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 208
August 2013
A No-Fuss Mortise & Tenon
…machined to fit between them (margin photo at left). ADVANTAGES OF THE JOINT. These differences give the joint a few unique advantages. For one, the joinery method simplifies laying out the…STEP THREE guide bushing you’ll be using. (I recommend a spiral upcut bit, see the box on page 17). After lining up the centerline of the jig with the …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 210
December 2013
Tongue Drum
…much of the same joinery you’d use in a small box, like dovetails, finger joints, and similar features. The sound box for this tongue drum has mitered corners with contrasting… D Completing the CASE The assembled box still needs a bit of work to finish it up. Hardwood splines at each corner add strength to the miter joints, as well as a decorative …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 241
February 2019
Hardwood Dust Pan
… drill a hole here that will accept the tenon NOTE: Finger joints are made using a nger joint jig at the table saw (see box below) B on the handle, but that’ll come later. For… the blade marks at the edge sander. TABLE SAW JOINERY. The box below shows how to cut the finger joints in the back and sides using a simple jig at the table saw…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 279
June 2025
Shoulder Planes
… shoulder will be square to the cheek. Note: I use a shoulder plane to trim half-lap joints, too. After all, a half-lap is really a • To trim a shoulder, first set the mouth for… a nose piece to get in the way, I also use it to trim dovetail joints and the fingers of a box joint, see Fig. 13. Fortunately, you may not have to buy another plane to…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 79
February 1992
Sweater Chest
… difficult. I found it was just the opposite. The reason: joinery. The basic box involves three joints: a locked miter, a parallel spline, and a rabbet and groove. This sweater chest is … glued and clamped together. Next, the top is added with a parallel spline joint. Thus, the box is constructed with no end grain showing. To cut off the lid, I …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 9
May 1980
Redwood Planter
…means you're trying to cut a miter and a bevel at the same time. m e result is a box with tapered sides something like a pyramid. Duringthe process of figuringout how to cut the …can be a bit clumsy unless you have eight hands. I decided to cut grooves for splined joints. This is an extra step, but it makes the planter much stronger and it's …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 16
July 1981
Highchair
…that's easy to assemble today, and easy to disassemble tommorow? Use mortise and spline joints to join the legs, and hold the parts together with knock-down Confirmat screws…BUSHING KEEP BUSHING TIGHT AGAINST SIDE OF TEMPLATE ROUTER (^ SUPPORT TRAY TEMPLATE \i" CORE BOX BIT TRAY BLANK a. ROUT SIDE-TO-SIDE USING UNCUT PART OF RECESS FOR…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 67
February 1990
Collector's Cabinet
… PASS ^ TO FINISH RABBET X^- n & and the splines, see the Box on page 25. ASSEMBLY. After the miters and… grain direction of the spline is perpendicular to the joint line for greater strength. s& * '" y^ ^^jy/ y /^ ~~7/w/ i cp /y/^--^/\ /TRIM BOTTOM '/ / \ fC EDGES FLUSH / / \ J^\V…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 73
February 1991
Splined Miter
… when building a box, you can hide the ends of the plywood by using miter joints at the four corners. (See the Steamer Trunk shown on page 6.) Miter joints look like …of the miter and fill in ends with wooden splines. CLAMPING SPLINED MITER JOINTS When I'm assembling a box with splined miters, I use band clamps to clamp all four corners at the…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 73
February 1991
Wedged Tenons
…. And if the wedge is made of a contrasting wood, the exposed joint looks good loo. Avariation of this joint, the round wedged mortise and tenon, has another advantage — it's … on the router table. Although we're showing curved shoulders made with a core box bit (they soften the transition between round parts), you could use a straight router …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 76
August 1991
Dovetail Pins & Tails
… in making a dovetail joint is to lay out and cut the pins. If you're working on a drawer, the pins are on the drawer front. On the Stationery Box, I laid out the…. And they aren't pared off in the fitting process. A final tip. When final fitting the joint together, never trim anything off the finished pins — do all your trimming off the sides…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 81
June 1992
Slant Front Desk
… RABBETED MITER JOINT. In order to hide the end grain where the case sides meet the top, I used a variation of a miter joint, see box at right. A common miter joint would work, but by rabbeting the miter, the joint is stronger and assembly is easier. (The…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 86
April 1993
Through Mortise Jig
…the Bookcase on page 20, I knew the project would feature through mortise and tenon joints. That's the traditional Craftsman style. But these are no ordinary through mortise and tenons —…the wood parts. Then I gathered up all the necessary hardware, refer to the Supplies box on the facing page. Assemble the jig by first joining the four jaws — …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 90
December 1993
Garden Bench
…concerns was in the design. For the light weight, I used a softwood, Douglas Fir, see the box on the facing page. Fir may dent a little easier than some hardwoods that could also… have been completed, work can begin on the rest of the joints needed on the back rail and stretcher. Theses joints are simply notches that are cut to accept the two back…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 93
June 1994
Entry Door
… is built with large mortises and tenons, see left photo below. This traditional joint doesn't need dowels. It's already plenty strong. PANELS. There's another important design consideration. A…nine panel openings, but I put a piece of glass in the center opening, see box on page 27.) MAKING THE PANELS. A raised panel with a flat border is simple…Read More
