Top back rail joints are illustrated in 466.
Wood joints for chairs. Figure 466 3 shows a shaped. The two most common variations are the full lap joint and the notched lap joint. The half lap joint is ideal for some types of furniture making where two pieces of wood need to be joined in the middle rather than on the ends. A finger joint is also sometimes called box joint.
The butt joint is the most basic woodworking joint where two pieces of wood are butted together most often at a right angle to one another but it isn t the prettiest of joints since the end grain of one of the two boards will be visible. Where the wood sections are very slim 466 6 the joint can be reinforced by forming a step to. It joins two pieces of wood by merely butting them together. Lap joints are simply types of wood joints where two pieces of wood overlap.
This wood joinery is also a box joint with a bit more strength than the finger joint. The butt joint is an easy woodworking joint. Like the previous finger joint a dovetail wood joint is made with a special machine. The notches then fit together like a puzzle piece to join the boards.
Which woodworking joints should you use. Figure 466 1 is a tenon on the rail 466 2 shows a tenon on the post and 466 5 a dovetail bridle joint. You need specials tools to make this type of woodworking joints. When you want a more attractive option try a mitered butt joint.
Fingers interlock to provide strength in two directions.