Exam 16: Frame Joints

Frames are built to hold panels, which may be flat or raised.

Tenons are easily made on the table saw with a ____.

____ are used to finish the front of a case, both stiffening it and setting off areas for doors and drawers.

____ can be clamped to the sled fences for cutting multiple pieces the same length.

In a cope-and-stick joint, the ____, the horizontal members of the frame, receive a second cut on their ends, which requires a different bit or cutter.

A haunched mortise-and-tenon is a joint most commonly constructed with a plunge router and jig.

____ are very effective and can be decorative.

The ____ joint is woodworking's essential frame joint, in the same way that the dovetail joint is the ultimate case joint.

A ____ mortise-and-tenon joint has a tongue that projects from the tenon's shoulder between the edge of the tenon and the edge of the rail.

Miter joints, like butt joints, have the advantage of being structurally strong.

The wedged mortise-and-tenon joint that can be seen is the ____ mortise and tenon.

In the ____ joint, each member is notched to accept the other.

The rail-and-stick joint is a more elegant version of the groove-and-stub tenon joint, and a stronger one, because it offers more gluing surface.

When the end of one piece is joined to the end of another piece, it is called a slip joint.

A(n) ____ joins the end of one piece to the edge of another.

There are three types of wedged mortise-and-tenon joints.

The advantage of the pegged mortise and tenon, other than aesthetics, is that should the glue fail, the joint will still hold together because of the peg.

Miter joints can be cut on the miter saw, but they can also be cut very effectively on the table saw.

In a lap joint, a(n) ____ -shape is an end lap.

____ joints form a neat right angle corner, and if they fit well, the seam is almost indiscernible.