1. Wood Joinery
Common Wood Joints

2. Butt Joint A simple joint commonly used for boxes.
A butt joint can be strengthened by fasteners such as: dowels, nails, screws etc...

3. Rabbet Joints
With the grain: commonly used for backing on furniture, such as a bookcase.
(with grain)
Cross the grain: commonly used for box construction and drawer construction.
Tools and machines used: router, Stacked dado, hand saw, rabbet plane.
(cross grain)

4. Miter Joint
A miter joint is any joint that is not a 90º joint concealing the end grain.
Commonly used for picture frames, molding and small boxes.
Can be reinforced with fasteners and/or splines.

5. Spline Joints
Spline joints can have many applications: miter, butt, edge to edge, face to end grain, etc.
In modern woodworking the most common spline joint used is the plate joiner(biscuit joiner).

6. Dado Joints Dado joints are commonly used in fixed shelving.
Variations include: through, blind, and dovetail.
A strong and commonly used joint.

7. Through Dovetail Joint
Common Uses:
Decorative furniture
Boxes
Machines and Tools:
Router with jig
Dovetail Saw
Chisels

8. Blind Dovetail Joint Common Uses: Drawers Boxes Tools or Machines:
Router
Chisel

9. Dado Dovetail Joint Common Uses:
Attaching drawer sides to drawer front.
Tools or Machines:
Router.

10. Scarf Joint The Scarf joint is used to join wood end to end linear.
By cutting the wood at an angle the joint is less noticeable than a simple butt joint.
The joint is often used by finish carpenters when installing molding.

11. Box Joint Common Uses: Decorative Boxes Drawers Tools and Machines:
Table Saw with stacked dado
Router
Hand Saw

12. Mortise and Tenon Joint
Common Uses:
To connect rails to aprons
Table and Chair Legs
Aesthetic
Tools and Machines:
Router
Chisels
Table Saw
Specialized Equipment

13. QUIZ
This joint is adequately used in a fixed shelf in a cabinet is a _____________.
(A) Rabbet Joint
(B) Miter Joint
(C) Lap Joint
(D) Dado or Blind Dado Joint

14. Face frame members are assembled by using all of the following joints except the:
(A) Mortise and Tenon Joint
(B) Pocket Joint
(C) Dowel Joint
(D) Lock Miter

15. This joint is used on the corners of drawers in the highest quality of furniture:
(A) Rabbet Joint
(B) Dowel Joint
(C) Dado Joint
(D) Dovetail Joint

16. This joint is used to insert a ¼” panel in the back of a cabinet.
(A) Dowel Joint
(B) Rabbet Joint
(C) Miter Joint
(D) Dovetail Joint

17. This is used to strengthen a miter joint:
(A) Spline Joint
(B) Dado Joint
(C) Rabbet Joint
(D) Plough (Groove) Joint

18. Identify This Joint NO – not that kind of joint.
Drugs are bad M’kay?
These joints

19. Butt Joint
(B) Rabbet Joint
(C) Dado Joint
(D) Box Joint

20. Butt Joint (B) Box Joint
(C) Dado Joint (D) Miter Joint

21. Butt Joint
(B) Rabbet Joint
(C) Dado Joint
(D) Miter Joint

22. Butt Joint
(B) Rabbet Joint
(C) Dado Joint
(D) Miter Joint

23. Butt Joint
(B) Rabbet Joint
(C) Dado Joint
(D) Miter Joint