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Joints used in woodwork and common terminology I don't know about you, but I have always had the philosophy that it was better to keep quiet and have people think you are ignorant than ask a question and have them know for sure. For instance, When we first joined the internet I noticed right away that people were talking about HTML, URLs, GIFs and all sorts of other things that we are all supposed to know. It took a while to get with it but I felt I would appear stupid if I asked "What is HTML?" What I needed, and finally found, was a site that spelled it out for me. It was for that reason that I started this collection of woodworking terminology and names of joints with their meanings. If you should come across a term 'or whatever' which you don't understand, connected to woodworking, please contact me and ask. If I know the answer I'll email it to you and then put it on this page to help other people. I promise I won't laugh or publish your name as having asked the question. If I do not know the answer I will attempt to find it and we will all learn something. |
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Bare face dovetail housing.
No shoulder on one side. |
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Bare faced tongue and groove corner.
No shoulder on one side of the tongue. |
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Bare-faced mortise and tenon.
No shoulder on one side of the tenon. |
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| Bridle joint |
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Butt joint
The simplest of all joints |
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Chamfer
Cut away a corner |
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| Cheek | See Mortise and Tenon Joint |
| Crossed half lap joint |
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Dado (Housing)
A wide shallow Groove. |
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| Dado ( Housing ) joint |
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Double mortise and tenon joint.
Used where one large mortise would weaken the wood. |
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| Dovetail joints | Dovetail Joints |
| Dowelled joint |
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| Finger joint |
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| Halved angle lap joint |
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| Hardwood | Wood of a broad-leafed flowering tree |
| Halved T lap joint |
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Haunch
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Part of a tenon |
| Haunched mortise and tenon |
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Housing (dado)
A wide shallow groove. |
See Dado |
| Housing joint | See Dado ( Housing )Joint |
| Kerf | Width of the saw cut |
| Lap corner joint |
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| Lapped dovetail joint | Dovetail Joints |
| Machine dovetail joint | Dovetail Joints |
| mitre |
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| Mortise and tenon for grooved frame |
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Mortise and tenon for rebated (rabbetted ) frame.
Note long and short shoulders. |
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| Mortise and tenon joint |
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| Narrow dovetails | Dovetail Joints |
| Rabbet (Rebate ) |
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| Rebate (Rabbet ) | See rabbet |
| Shoulder | See Mortise and Tenon Joint |
| Softwood | Wood of a coniferous tree |
| Stub mortise and tenon |
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| Tenon | See Mortise and Tenon Joint |
| Through dovetail | Dovetail Joints |
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Through mortise and tenon.
Can be wedged as shown. An extremely strong joint when wedged. |
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Tongue and groove joint.
A classic way of jointing two board together. |
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Tongued Mitre.
A separate 'Tongue' is inserted into a groove in the mitre for stability. |
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Twin tenon joint.
Used for drawer rails. |
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Veneer keyed mitre joint.
Saw cuts are angled into the joint then pieces of veneer are slotted into the saw cuts. |
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