3.7 Joints
- Widening: dowelled butt, tongue and groove, rebate, groove and feather (loose tongue; also strengthens mitres, 2022 MC8), biscuit (2024 MC2), Domino. Alternate growth rings; clamp with sash cramps (2019 MC7).
- Framing: mitre (hides end grain, 2017 MC6, 2023 MC4), halving (tee, cross, corner), dowelled, box pin/finger (drawers and boxes, 2022 MC2), mortise and tenon (through, stopped, haunched, wedged; tenon ≈ 1/3 thickness), bridle. Frame and panel doors: prepare stiles, then rails, then centre panel (2024 MC10).
- Carcase: rebate, scribed (shapes one moulded piece over another, 2022 MC10), dovetail (through, lapped/half-blind for drawer fronts), housing (through or stopped to conceal it, 2025 MC1; depth ≈ 1/3 thickness, 2021 MC7).
- Drawer: dovetails or lap/rebate joints; bottom in a groove, floating to allow movement (2022 MC5).
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