now, we're going to talk about several differenttypes of wood joints, and how they're actually applied, throughout use in furniture, andother objects. first, we're going to talk about the dovetail. it consists of a dovetailwith the pins. the dovetails slide into the pins, locking the two pieces together. hereit is actually applied, within a piece of furniture. this piece right here on this tabletop,will later hinge up and over, creating another
wood joints and their uses, surface. the end piece right here, is dovetailedon.another joint we have, is a mortise and tenon. this is used throughout all of these pieces.in this piece, each one of these cross slats, are mortised and tenoned into this side piece,creating a very strong and rigid structure. in this piece here, there are mortise andtenons, throughout the whole thing. this rail
is connected to the legs, along with apronson the side. other mortise and tenons, are these through mortise and tenons, on the topof this bench. the legs come up through the seat, and then there's a wedge inserted intothe tenon, which expands it, tightening it into it's place. the next joint i'm goingto have, is a lap joint. the lap joint is two pieces of wood cut halfway through, thatinterlock with each other, and create a very strong glue surface. in this small bench,there's a lap joint at the bottom, connecting the two legs with the rail. yet another joint,similar to a mortise and tenon, is a through peg with a wedge, holding this mahogany handle,on to this maple head of this mallet. one more kind of joint, is just an edge glue surface.this is a solid piece of mahogany, with two
mahogany rails, edge glued right to the edge,creating a very strong, long grain, glue surface. as you can see, these basic wood joints canbe applied to many aspects with woodwork, tools, boxes, furniture, and other types ofwoodwork.