Joinery

Joinery hints, tips, and tricks to help you build better projects.


4 Easy Wood Joinery Methods: Splines, Dowels, Biscuits & Dominoes

4 Easy Wood Joinery Methods: Splines, Dowels, Biscuits & Dominoes

Looking for alternatives to screws and traditional woodworking joints? Learn how to use four simple wood joinery methods—splines, dowels, biscuits, … Read More

How to Cut Small Dovetails by Hand | Step-by-Step Guide

How to Cut Small Dovetails by Hand | Step-by-Step Guide

Cutting dovetails in small, thin workpieces requires a lighter touch than traditional furniture joinery. Learn how to lay out, saw, … Read More

How to Make Plywood Spline Joints for Cabinet Doors

How to Make Plywood Spline Joints for Cabinet Doors

Skip cutting traditional stub tenons. This simple plywood spline joinery technique uses matching router-cut grooves to create strong, accurate frame-and-panel … Read More

How to Make a Haunched Mortise and Tenon Joint

How to Make a Haunched Mortise and Tenon Joint

A haunched mortise and tenon combines strong traditional joinery with a clever way to fill the panel groove. Learn how … Read More

Review: Kreg MortiseMate

Review: Kreg MortiseMate

Joinery is the most important part of any project — it literally ties things together. Following that is a series … Read More

Book Review: Japanese Joinery by Dorian Bracht

Book Review: Japanese Joinery by Dorian Bracht

The book Japanese Joinery by author and woodworker Dorian Bracht is a fascinating exploration on the art of woodworking. This … Read More

Making Leg Blanks

Making Leg Blanks

So what makes a really distinctive table leg? The answer lies in what you do before the cutting and shaping. … Read More

Review: Kreg Rebel Pocket Hole Joiner

Review: Kreg Rebel Pocket Hole Joiner

The Rebel Pocket Hole Joiner is Kreg’s all-in-one, battery-powered pocket hole maker. Read More

Exploring Butterfly Hinges

Exploring Butterfly Hinges

In this article, we’ll be looking at one of the most common kinds of hardware, and one which I’m sure … Read More

An Easy Tape Trick for Marking Dovetails

An Easy Tape Trick for Marking Dovetails

Accurate layout is essential when cutting dovetails by hand. A strip of painter’s tape makes it easy to see exactly … Read More

Super-Strong Splined Miter Joints

Super-Strong Splined Miter Joints

While a miter joint hides the end grain of the mating pieces, it also relies on end grain for its … Read More

Locking Dowels for Dadoes

Locking Dowels for Dadoes

Reinforce your dado joints with locking dowels for stronger drawers. Learn a quick and reliable technique using simple tools and … Read More

Mortising Machine Story Stick

Mortising Machine Story Stick

Here's a Simple Way to Keep Track of the Settings on your Mortising Machine Read More

How to Cut Half-Blind Dovetails

How to Cut Half-Blind Dovetails

Dovetails, the classic drawer joint. Creating half-blind dovetails leaves you with a rock-solid joint that looks beautiful. Here, Logan shows … Read More

Craftsman Mortise Routing Jig

Craftsman Mortise Routing Jig

Use this router jig to create the look of through mortise and tenon joinery. Read More