Difference between revisions of "Woodworking joints"

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Finger joint or box combing

Topic in Cabinet making courses

A birds-mouth joint in a rafter, set upon a double top plate. Shown are the two cuts of the joint: the seat cut and the heel cut.

Sliding dovetail, lap dovetail and stepped bevel splice joints of tie beams and cross beams from the Yingzao Fashi, published in 1103 by the Song Dynasty Chinese scholar-bureaucrat Li Jie (1065-1110).
Diagram of bracket and cantilever arms from the building manual Yingzao Fashi (published in 1103) of the Song Dynasty

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 File:A through dado (left) and a stopped dado - Creative Commons.gif|A through dado (left) and a stopped dado