Joineries Flashcards
What is the union of smooth surfaces that allows pieces of wood to form a closed fitting or junction?
Joint
What is the art of joint making and the process of joining two or more wood members?
Joinery
What is the simplest and weakest type of joint, held together by nails, glue, or screws?
Butt Joint
What joint is an alternative to mortise and tenon, where dowels are fitted into the pieces for strength?
Dowel Joint
What joint is used for corners, either square or mitered?
Corner Joint
What joint is formed between tapered, notched, or halved ends of two members?
Scarf Joint
What joint is a corner junction of two pieces of wood cut at a similar angle?
Miter Joint
What joint uses a spline to strengthen plywood gluing in W or L shapes?
Spline Joint
What type of lap joint has both boards notched?
Half-Lap Joint
What type of lap joint has an overlapped board notched deep enough to accept the entire thickness?
Full-Lap Joint
What type of joint involves mating members cut at ½” thickness at their ends, making it stronger than a butt joint?
Lap or Shiplap Joint
What stable joint is used for edge joint boards, paneling, plank flooring, cabinets, and doors?
Tongue & Groove Joint
What joint is used to strengthen boards and looks like a single piece of wood connecting dovetails?
Butterfly Joint
What traditional joinery method is used to assemble square-edged surfaces?
Mortise & Tenon Joint
What is the space in the wood where another piece is inserted?
Mortise Joint
What is the projection that is inserted into a mortise?
Tenon Joint
What type of mortise & tenon joint is short in length?
Stub Mortise & Tenon
What type of mortise & tenon joint goes all the way through the wood?
Through Mortise & Tenon
What type of mortise & tenon joint has a beveled shoulder for additional strength?
Haunch Mortise & Tenon
What type of mortise & tenon joint is loose-wedged for flexibility?
Loose-Wedged Mortise & Tenon
What joint is used to join drawer sides to fronts?
Drawer-Lock Joint
What joint has a milled slot placed midway in a board?
Dado Joint
What type of dado is used for case body construction?
Through Dado
What type of dado has an applied edge to conceal it?
Blind Dado
What type of dado does not use edging and conceals dado exposure?
Stop Dado
What traditional joinery method is used to join drawer sides, typically limited to flush or lipped types?
Dovetail Joint
What joint involves a plain edge of one board fitting into a milled slot on another board?
Rabbet Joint
What joint involves equal amounts of material removed from both wood pieces in a combination of solids and voids cut at right angles?
Finger Joint
What type of joint is similar to mortise & tenon but has an open mortise at the end instead of enclosed in a square hole?
Bridle Joint
What type of bridle joint is used for corners?
Corner Bridle Joint
What type of bridle joint is shaped like a T?
T Bridle Joint
