wood joinery
Fitted wooden joints
Wood joinery is the craft of connecting pieces of wood without relying primarily on nails or screws.
Traditional joints—dovetails, mortise and tenon, finger joints—interlock through precise cutting and fitting.
The term covers both the techniques and the resulting connections: The cabinet showcases beautiful wood joinery.
Fine joinery is a mark of skilled craftsmanship in furniture making.
- finger jointWhere phalanges meet
- butt jointSimple squared connection
- pocket holeAngled drilling for concealed screws
- furniture makingCrafting household pieces
- chiselEdged carving implement
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