Nail Jack. Glue strength testing. After doing a lot of testing on the strength of different types of wood joints, I figured it would make some sense to investigate different types of wood glue. I have always just used yellow carpenters glue, on faith that it's good enough. But curiosity got the better of me, and so I launched into testing a whole bunch of different wood glues. The glues I used in my tests: LePage Carpenters glue The glue I usually use. Titebond 3 I heard that this was supposed to be a really good glue. Gorilla glue A polyeurathane based glue. Weldbond A water resistant glue, which I had used before for making lawn chairs. Epoxy Never used it as a wood glue, but I figured Epoxy has to be strong. Hot glue Not really a wood glue, but I figured it might be interesting to see how it stacks up.
I also experimented a little with the water based varnish I usually use, to see how it would perform as a glue. How a glue performs is probably also a function of what type of joint it's used with. Cross grain joint. Creating Super Wood Joints. Woodworking - Directory Sonia A variety of wood joints are used in furniture and cabinetry construction. They can vary in strength, depending on the joint and the design of the piece. Some traditional methods have been used in the past to create super strong wood joints. Today newer products and techniques have also developed. Following are some basic super-strong wood joints, both traditional and modern, and instructions on how to make them. The illustration shows a standard half-lap joint. A glued butt joint is the weakest, a half-lap joint is stronger and adding screws creates an even stronger joint. Above and Below: Mortise and tenon Dado A dado joint is stronger than nailing and gluing cross members together, such as for shelving in a bookcase or cabinet.
Sliding Dovetail Splined miter The ends, fronts and backs of boxes, as used with cabinetry construction, are joined in a variety of ways. Finger joint A router used with a dovetail jig makes to easy to create traditional dovetail joints. Common Woodworking Joints. Making Strong Wood Joints. Wood Joinery - Methods for Connecting Wood with Wood Joinery. Wood joinery is simply the method by which two pieces of wood are connected. In many cases, the appearance of a joint becomes at least as important as it's strength.
Wood joinery encompasses everything from intricate half-blind dovetails to connections that are simply nailed, glued or screwed. In this section, we'll discuss a number of wood joinery options to consider when working on your projects. Wood Joinery TypesJoinery is the heart of fine woodworking. How to Make a Butt JointThe Butt Joint is the most basic woodworking joint. Mitered Butt Joints - A Cleaner Butt JointThe mitered butt joint is often the most appropriate choice for square joints, much more so than a standard butt joint, because the end grain of the two pieces of stock are hidden. Creating a Mortise & Tenon JointVariations of the mortise & tenon joints have been employed by woodworkers for centuries.
How to Cut a Mortise on a Drill PressA mortise is a rectangular hole designed to receive a tenon of the same size. Some woodworking joints are stronger than others. There are various woodworking joints in use. Some are stronger than others are. See the Wood Joint Torture Test below Let's discuss the more popular joints, so you know which to use for your project. 1.
Butt Joint The Butt Joint is an easy woodworking joint. It joins two pieces of wood by merely butting them together. Because the orientations of the pieces, you have an end grain to long grain gluing surface. 2. A biscuit joint is nothing more than a reinforced Butt joint. Most people use a biscuit joiner to make the mortises. However, you must locate the mortise the correct distance from the face of the joint in both pieces. This is the very reason that I do NOT like this joint. 3. A bridle joint is a woodworking joint, similar to a mortise and tenon. The corner bridle joint joins two pieces at their ends, forming a corner. You use corner bridles to join frame pieces when the frame is shaped. 4. A dado is a slot cut into the surface of a piece of wood. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.