The mortise and tenon joint has been used for thousands of years by woodworkers around the world to join pieces of wood, mainly when the adjoining pieces connect at an angle of 90°. In its basic form it is both simple and strong. Although there are many joint variations, the basic mortise and tenon comprises two components: the mortise hole and t...
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During Antiquity, this was a common way to fasten hull planks to each other, edge to edge, by inserting a multitude of plugs into adjoining planks. It was practiced until the end of the Roman Empire, often together with the shell-first method.
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(from the article `furniture industry`) ...In the new system of construction, plain, flat parts are dovetailed together and then veneered. It can be contrasted with the traditional framed ... ...the dovetail, used for joining two flat members together at right angles, as in the sides of a drawer; the dowelled joint, in which dowelling i...
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A strong wood joint made by fitting together a mortise in one board and a matching projecting member (tenon) in the other. Used as a corner joint in Pella sashes.
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See joining.
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Furniture joint utilizing a projection (tenon) on one piece of wood inserted into a cavity (mortise) on another to join the pieces together.
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