Exam 18: Housed Joints

When a case has dividers or shelves in it, a ____ joint is required.

In a dado-and-spline joint, the spline should be set into the case about ____ of the thickness of the case material.

____, Acer rubrum, is a light creamy brown in color and has good steam-bending qualities.

The ____ in a case side provides a ledge to support a shelf, and it also helps keep the shelf from cupping.

When finish nails are the fastener of choice, ____ can be used.

A ____ joint that is used as a housing joint must be reinforced.

Sheet goods are slightly oversized in thickness.

The ____ housing is stopped short of both the front and the back of the case.

The ____ joint is the most commonly used housing joint in cabinet construction.

The dado cut into the shelf for a spline needs to be about ____ the depth of the dado that was made in the case.

A dado will prevent the shelf from pulling out of the side.

The ____ housing is a mortise-and-tenon joint.

The ____ housing consists of a dado in the case that stops short of the front of the case.

A biscuited butt joint is a decorative joint.

When using butt joints, nails or screws may be used, but they leave visible marks that will need to be hidden on any furniture other than the strictly utilitarian.

A simple, shop-built ____ makes routing dadoes quick and easy, especially on large sheet goods that might be tricky to maneuver on the table saw.

Both the stopped-dado and blind-dado housings require that the shelf be trimmed to fit the dado.

____ can be recessed, in which case the resulting hole may be covered with plugs or buttons.

Properly fit, the multiple-tenon joint has much greater mechanical strength than the simple dado housing.

The dado-and-rabbet housing joint has a ____ on the end of the shelf or divider.