Joinery School

Wood joinery indicates the quality of workmanship. High quality work relies on the integrity of the joints themselves. In general, stronger joints have greater shared surface areas.

Joinery School discusses the best ways to fit the boards together for maximum strength.

Joints that will be covered and explained:

• Dado
• Rabbet
• Half-lap
• Cross-lap
• End-lap
• Middle-lap
• Rabbeted edge
• Toung and groove
• Mortise and tenon

With todays technology in machinery there is no good reason not to utilize "Old-World" joinery techniques. Heirloom quality furniture demands quality craftsmanship and there should be no limit to our ability to craft great furniture.

I expect to complete this section by the end of 2005. That's all for now.

- Max Baldwin