The Joint Book The Complete Guide to Wood

The Joint Book is the ultimate workshop reference, giving woodworkers all the knowledge they need to choose the right joint for the job. It also features step-by-step, illustrated instructions for making over 70 joints, including mortise and tenon joints, dovetails, miters and more. In short, it covers every basic joint in every joint family--including a range of joint variations and helpful jigs.

Terrie Noll is the former editor of the American magazine Woodwork. She has written numerous articles drawing on 20 years' experience as a furniture designer and maker, and as a purchasing agent for specialty woodworking shops. Noll is the author of The Encyclopedia of Joint Making, The Joint Book: The Complete Guide to Wood Joinery, and Woodworker's Joint Book.

Aids to Accuracy and Order
Measuring and Marking	p. 4
Squares and Angles	p. 6
Exact Clamping and Assembly	p. 8
Designing Joints
The Basic Orientations of Wood Parts	p. 10
The Elements of Joinery	p. 13
Wood Material and Joint Design	p. 14
Choosing a Joint	p. 18
Glues and Gluing	p. 20
Edge and Scarf Joints
About Edge Joints	p. 24
Plain Butt Glue Joint	p. 26
Splined Joint	p. 29
Tongue and Groove	p. 31
About Scarf Joints	p. 33
End-to-End Scarf	p. 34
Edge-to-Edge Scarf	p. 36
Squint-Butted Scarf	p. 38
Lapped and Housed Joints
About Lap Joints	p. 40
Shop-made Aids to Waking Lap Joints	p. 43
End Lap	p. 45
Center Lap	p. 48
Angled T-Lap	p. 51
Jigged Edge Lap	p. 53
Box Joint on the Table Saw	p. 55
About Housed Joints	p. 58
Full Housing by Hand	p. 60
Full Housing on the Table saw	p. 62
Routed Housed Rabbet	p. 64
Stop-Routed Housed Rabbet	p. 66
Mortise-and-Tenon
About the Mortise-and-Tenon	p. 68
Choosing and Using Mortise and Tenon	p. 72
Basic Mortise-and-Tenon	p. 76
Open Slot Mortise on a Radial-Arm Saw	p. 80
Through Mortise by Hand	p. 82
Angled Mortise and Tenon	p. 84
Through Wedged Tenon	p. 87
Draw-Bored Tenon	p. 89
Angled Tenon and Shoulder	p. 91
Slip, or Loose, Tenon	p. 93
Haunched Tenon	p. 96
Sloped Haunched Tenon	p. 98
Mortise-and-Tenon with Panel Groove	p. 100
Mortise-and-Tenon for a Rabbeted Frame	p. 102
Mortise-and-Tenon for a Mouided Frame	p. 104
Miters and Bevels
About Miters and Beveis	p. 106
Frame Miter by Hand	p. 112
Feathered Miter on a Radial-Arm Saw	p. 114
Lap Miter	p. 116
Housed Rabbet Miter	p. 118
Locked Miter	p. 120
Waterfall Joint	p. 122
Rabbet Miter	p. 124
Compound Miter by Machine	p. 126
Compound Miter by Hand	p. 128
Dovetails
Choosing and Using Dovetails	p. 130
Through Dovetail	p. 134
Half-Blind Dovetail	p. 138
Blind Mitered Dovetail	p. 140
Stopped Tapered Dovetail by Hand	p. 142
Sliding Dovetail Drawer Joint	p. 144
Dovetail Keys	p. 146
Butterfly Keys	p. 148
Dovetail Splines	p. 150
Dowels and Biscuits
About Dowels	p. 152
Using Dowels	p. 155
Reinforced Width Miter	p. 158
Moulded-Edge Carcass Joint	p. 160
Doweled Framing Joint	p. 162
About Biscuit Joinery	p. 164
Flush Framing Joint	p. 166
Biscuited T Orientation	p. 168
Offset L Joint	p. 170
Fasteners, Hardware, and Knockdown Joints
Using Wood Screws	p. 172
Assembly Fasleners, and Reinforcements	p. 174
Keyed Tenon	p. 178
Half-Dovetail Tenon	p. 180
Joint Selector	p. 182
Glossary	p. 186
Index and Table	p. 190
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The Joint Book The Complete Guide to Wood Joinery

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