Exam 18: Housed Joints

Butt joints can be reinforced with dowels or biscuits.

The butt joint is a low-end housing joint best suited for utilitarian rather than aesthetically pleasing construction.

When routing the recess for a sliding dovetail, it is not possible to make the cut in a series of passes, as is usual for many other routed joints, due to the sloping nature of the dado.

In a tongue-and-dado housing, the additional ____ gives the joint more stability than the dado-and-rabbet configuration.

Most often, ____ material is used for shelves and dividers in cabinet construction.

The ____ joint is a simple and effective housing joint.

The ____ joint has just one sloping side.

The dado-and-spline joint is a good choice when working with MDF or particleboard.

If dowels are ____, they are a bit stronger and may be considered a decorative detail.

The ____ housing consists of dadoes milled in the two joining pieces.