Questions tagged [butt-joint]
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Joining long stair treads
I'm finishing a 3-seasons room and need to make a set of stairs to go from my house to my room. I have double French doors and the width is a little under 6 feet. The longest stair tread I've found ...
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Doweled miter joint vs doweled butt joint
I am going to be making a box to store full milk bottles outside.
I was going to make a frame using miter joints, as I have a miter saw. However, I didn't think the joint would be strong enough, so I ...
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Reinforce glued butt joints?
I'm an absolute noob when it comes to woodworking, but now I'm in the middle of my first (some sort of) drawer/shelves building project.
I've glued together all four sides (store bought edge glued ...
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Is gluing a long butt joint risky?
I want to attach two 5'6" red oak boards together as part of a table, both 3" x 0.75" at a 90 degree angle, like this:
I was planning on gluing them and adding some pocket screws on ...
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What are the advantages of coping a joint vs. mitering?
I've generally mitered joints and very rarely coped them in trim or molding, and have been able to achieve an appearance I was satisfied with.
But "traditionally," coped joints seem to have ...
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Mitered Corner with Glue and Pins vs Butt Joint with Glue and Pocket Holes
Making a frame using 1"x4" wood. Exposed ends are not a concern. Which would be a stronger joint, a mitered corner with glue and 1" pins (2 from each side), or a butt joint with glue ...
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How to make a stronger butt joint where two panels meet
I'm designing a project where two hardwood 3/4" panels will be joined at a 90 degree angle and the aesthetics call for a butt joint, but I'm thinking that it would be better to strengthen it in ...
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Strengthening plant stand butt joints
I want to start working on my first woodworking project: a plant stand. It's quite a large project (for being first project), but my neighbor has worked on some projects and he can help me to some ...
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Butt joints on both sides on the same piece of wood
While planning and designing a cabinet, I made a wrong assumption of making two butt joints J1 and J2 on the same side of a piece of wood. While doing the work, I realised J1 needs screws from bottom ...
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Pocket Hole Butt Joint
I'm building a cart to hold my 60 lbs mitre saw. I'm using 3/4" Sande plywood. I plan on building the box using glued, pocket hole butt joints illustrated below. Keep in mind that I do plan on adding ...
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How to Joint a board [duplicate]
Here's the conundrum: I have 5 3.6 meter boards I'm trying to make a long worktop bench out of and I want to glue them up side by side. This is rough construction grade spruce with loads of knots.
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90 degree butt Versus Pocket screws for cabinet with legs
I am building a movable narrow island / kitchen prep table out of plywood and would like to know what would be the strongest joint for it. It will be mostly supported by the cabinet box sides which ...
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How can I evenly distribute small boards of lumber to make a bigger board?
I'm not the best mathematician, so I want to run this by real woodworkers:
I need a board of red oak 29 5/8"W x 16'L to make a cabinet top and then stain it.
This is what I'm thinking to make the ...
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Pocket holes vs screwed butt joint
I took a woodworking course recently in which we learned the screwed butt joint technique.
While it's not the prettiest, it is very fast and relatively easy to get right. It appears the pocket-hole ...
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Difference in tongue and groove router bits
Whilst looking for router bits I came across 2 different types of tongue and groove bits.
Set A
This set I call normal
Set B
are these strange ones
There is only £1 difference in price, so I am ...
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