Wood Joints Flashcards
What does a wood joint provide?
-Oscar Lawson
An increased surface area for gluing therefore greater strength
What is Fabrication?
-Oscar Lawson
Joining two or more pieces of wood using a joint
What is a butt joint?
-Oscar Lawson
Two pieces of wood joined together using nails
What is a halving joint?
-Oscar Lawson
When a section of wood is removed from both pieces, so that they interlock.
What is a dowel joint?
-Oscar Lawson
When holes are drilled in two pieces of wood and pieces of dowelling are inserted to hold them together.
What does mechanical interlocking give a joint
- Krystian Shanahan
Strength
How does a joint improve gluing
- Krystian Shanahan
By increasing surface area
What is a smoothing plane
- Krystian Shanahan
A plane used for cleaning / finishing work
What does a joint provide?
- Harry de Ferry Foster
An increased surface area for gluing and therefore greater strength
Joining two or more pieces of wood using a joint is a method of …
-Alfie Turner
Fabrication
A joint provides an increased ………….. and therefore greater strength
-Alfie Turner
Surface area for glueing
An accurate fit is essential to achieve a ….
-Alfie Turner
Strong join
Your face side is the ….
-Alfie Turner
Flattest surface
Name three wood joints?
Caspar Tyser
Any of the below: Rebate joint Housing joint Mitre joint Mortice and Tenon joint Butt joint Dowel joint Halving joint
What is the datum surface used for?
- Ssnehnil G
Measuring
What should your datum edges be free of?
Caspar Tyser
They should be free of defects.
Your face side and the face edge should be?
Caspar Tyser
Your face side is your flattest surface and the face edge is the flattest surface perpendicular to this.
What is the main difference between a marking gauge and a mortise gauge?
Caspar Tyser
A Mortise Gauge has two protruding pins (often called ‘spurs’) compared to a Marking Gauge which only has one.
What is wood joining usually referred to as?
Joinery
When are finger joints used?
To join pieces of wood at right angles to each other
What can aid a joint to become stronger?
Glue
Name an example of a non-traditional joint?
Biscuit joint
What joints are essential to know
Casper K
Dowel joint
Halving joint
Butt joint
What is a mortice and tenon joint
Casper K
Square peg in a square hole
What is a dovetail joint
Casper K
Tapered pegs fitting between pins
What does the mortice and tenon joint end stick into?
Ed H
A rectangle
What is essential to achieve a strong joint?
-Lucas M
An accurate fit.
Which part is the mortice in a mortice and tenon joint?
-Lucas M
The hole in which the tenon goes.
Which part is the tenon a mortice and tenon and joint?
-Lucas M
The part that fits into the hole.
What is a wood joint at its most basic?
-Lucas M
A peg fitted into a corresponding hole.
What do wood joints rely on?
Torsai K
Mechanical interlocking of the joint to give strength to the assembly.
What do wood joints provide?
Torsai K
Wood joints provide increased surface area for gluing.
What is the method of ‘fabrication’?
Torsai K
Joining two or more pieces of wood using a joint is a method called ‘fabrication.
What is a mortice & tenon joint?
Torsai K
A square peg (tenon) in a square hole (mortice)
List need to know joints.
Torsai K
Rebate joint, housing joint, mitre joint, mortice and tenon joint.
Datum surfaces are…
Nathan P
The flattest side and edge of the timber from which to measure from
What properties gives a wood joint greater strength…
Nathan P
Mechanical interlocking of joint
Large surface area for applying glue
What are the smoothest surfaces of a piece of timber called?
Alex McGinn
The datum surfaces.
What is essential to achieve a strong join?
Alex McGinn
An accurate fit.
What is a wood joint at its most basic?
Alex McGinn
A peg fitted into a corresponding hole.
Joining two or more pieces of wood using a joint is a method of…
Alex McGinn
Fabrication
What does a joint do for gluing which adds greater strength to the joint?
-Humphrey Marsh
Provides an increased surface area for gluing.
What is the difference between a dovetail joint and a mortise and tenon joint?
- Humphrey Marsh
A dovetail joint is between tapered pegs fitting between pins and a mortice and tenon joint is a simple insert joint between a square peg (tenon) in a square hole ( mortice)
What determines your datum surface/edge?
- Humphrey Marsh
The flattest surface which is perpendicular to the flattest edge.
