Getting started with series of guides on choosing the most suitable jointing methods, we explain where and why you might use one as opposed to another.
Choosing suitable jointing methods for your projects can be like gingerly entering a minefield of booby traps but we hope that GW’s guide will make your decisions a little more bomb proof.
Part 1...We start with the butt joint.
Technique and tips on edge-to-edge joints.
Part 2...Lap and bare-faced shoulder joints.
An improvement on the basic butt joint, with additional strength.
Part 3...Box mitre joints.
When to use them, how to do it and how best to add the essential reinforcement.
Part 4...Finger joints.
When to use them and ways to cut them.
Part 5...Dovetail joints.
If one joint alone typifies fine woodworking it is the dovetail.
Article source, Good Woodworking issues 262 - 266
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