WOODWORK JOINTS

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Title: Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used.

Author: William Fairham

Release Date: May 19, 2007 [EBook #21531]

Language: English

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WOODWORK JOINTS

(THE WOODWORKER SERIES)

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REVISED EDITION

WOODWORK JOINTS

HOW THEY ARE SET OUT, HOW MADE AND WHERE USED; WITH FOUR HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS AND INDEX

REVISED EDITION

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LONDON

EVANS BROTHERS, LIMITED

MONTAGUE HOUSE, RUSSELL SQUARE, W.C.1

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THE WOODWORKER SERIES

WOODWORK JOINTS. CABINET CONSTRUCTION. STAINING AND POLISHING. WOODWORK TOOLS. PRACTICAL UPHOLSTERY. WOOD TURNING. WOODCARVING. TIMBERS FOR WOODWORK. FURNITURE REPAIRING AND RE-UPHOLSTERY. HOUSEHOLD REPAIRS AND RENOVATIONS. CARPENTRY FOR BEGINNERS. KITCHEN FURNITURE DESIGNS. BUREAU AND BOOKCASE DESIGNS. LIGHT CARPENTRY DESIGNS. DOORMAKING.

EVANS BROTHERS, LIMITED, MONTAGUE HOUSE, RUSSELL SQUARE,

LONDON, W.C.1.

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EDITORIAL FOREWORD

To be successful in woodwork construction the possession of two secrets is essential--to know the right joint to use, and to know how to make that joint in the right way. The woodwork structure or the piece of cabinet-work that endures is the one on which skilful hands have combined to carry out what the constructive mind planned. And it is just here that the present Volume will help, not alone the beginner who wishes preliminary instruction, but also the expert who desires guidance over ground hitherto unexplored by him.

In the preparation of this new edition the Publishers have secured the services of Mr. William Fairham, by whom the chapters have been carefully revised and reillustrated. Although intended for the practical man, and not professing to be a graded course of "educational woodwork," the Volume is one which Handicraft Instructors will find of the greatest value in conducting woodwork classes. No book hitherto published contains such a variety of illustrations of joints, almost all of which will form suitable exercises of practical educational importance in a woodworking course.

J. C. S. B.

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Old Oak Chests, showing the Method of Structure which forms the origin of most of our English (From The Woodworker, January, 1927.)

CONTENTS

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THE GLUED JOINT

1

THE HALVED JOINT

13

THE BRIDLE JOINT

35

THE TONGUED AND GROOVED JOINT 48

THE MORTISE AND TENON JOINT

64

THE DOWELLING JOINT

93

THE SCARF JOINT

103

THE HINGED JOINT

109

SHUTTING JOINTS

127

THE DOVETAIL JOINT

132

DOVETAIL GROOVING

160

THE MITRED JOINT

163

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JOINTS FOR CURVED WORK

172

MISCELLANEOUS JOINTS

176

PUZZLE JOINTS

189

INDEX

209

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Staircase of the Second Half of Seventeenth Century. (From The Woodworker, September, 1929.)

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THE GLUED JOINT

T

he glued joint in its various forms is in use in every country in the world, and is

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