Wood Joints

Question 1

What does a wood joint provide?

-Oscar Lawson

Answer 1

An increased surface area for gluing therefore greater strength

Question 2

What is Fabrication?

-Oscar Lawson

Answer 2

Joining two or more pieces of wood using a joint

Question 3

What is a butt joint?

-Oscar Lawson

Answer 3

Two pieces of wood joined together using nails

Question 4

What is a halving joint?

-Oscar Lawson

Answer 4

When a section of wood is removed from both pieces, so that they interlock.

Question 5

What is a dowel joint?

-Oscar Lawson

Answer 5

When holes are drilled in two pieces of wood and pieces of dowelling are inserted to hold them together.

Question 6

What does mechanical interlocking give a joint

- Krystian Shanahan

Answer 6

Strength

Question 7

How does a joint improve gluing

- Krystian Shanahan

Answer 7

By increasing surface area

Question 8

What is a smoothing plane

- Krystian Shanahan

Answer 8

A plane used for cleaning / finishing work

Question 9

What does a joint provide?

• Harry de Ferry Foster

Answer 9

An increased surface area for gluing and therefore greater strength

Question 10

Joining two or more pieces of wood using a joint is a method of …
-Alfie Turner

Answer 10

Fabrication

Question 11

A joint provides an increased ………….. and therefore greater strength
-Alfie Turner

Answer 11

Surface area for glueing

Question 12

An accurate fit is essential to achieve a ….

-Alfie Turner

Answer 12

Strong join

Question 13

Your face side is the ….

-Alfie Turner

Answer 13

Flattest surface

Question 14

Name three wood joints?

Caspar Tyser

Answer 14

Any of the below:
Rebate joint
Housing joint
Mitre joint
Mortice and Tenon joint
Butt joint
Dowel joint
Halving joint

Question 15

What is the datum surface used for?

• Ssnehnil G

Answer 15

Measuring

Question 16

What should your datum edges be free of?

Caspar Tyser

Answer 16

They should be free of defects.

Question 17

Your face side and the face edge should be?

Caspar Tyser

Answer 17

Your face side is your flattest surface and the face edge is the flattest surface perpendicular to this.

Question 18

What is the main difference between a marking gauge and a mortise gauge?

Caspar Tyser

Answer 18

A Mortise Gauge has two protruding pins (often called ‘spurs’) compared to a Marking Gauge which only has one.

Question 19

What is wood joining usually referred to as?

Answer 19

Joinery

Question 20

When are finger joints used?

Answer 20

To join pieces of wood at right angles to each other

Question 21

What can aid a joint to become stronger?

Answer 21

Glue

Question 22

Name an example of a non-traditional joint?

Answer 22

Biscuit joint

Question 23

What joints are essential to know

Casper K

Answer 23

Dowel joint
Halving joint
Butt joint

Question 24

What is a mortice and tenon joint

Casper K

Answer 24

Square peg in a square hole

Question 25

What is a dovetail joint | Casper K

Answer 25

Tapered pegs fitting between pins

Question 26

What does the mortice and tenon joint end stick into? Ed H

Answer 26

A rectangle

Question 27

What is essential to achieve a strong joint? -Lucas M

Answer 27

An accurate fit.

Question 28

Which part is the mortice in a mortice and tenon joint? -Lucas M

Answer 28

The hole in which the tenon goes.

Question 29

Which part is the tenon a mortice and tenon and joint? -Lucas M

Answer 29

The part that fits into the hole.

Question 30

What is a wood joint at its most basic? -Lucas M

Answer 30

A peg fitted into a corresponding hole.

Question 31

What do wood joints rely on? Torsai K

Answer 31

Mechanical interlocking of the joint to give strength to the assembly.

Question 32

What do wood joints provide? Torsai K

Answer 32

Wood joints provide increased surface area for gluing.

Question 33

What is the method of 'fabrication'? Torsai K

Answer 33

Joining two or more pieces of wood using a joint is a method called 'fabrication.

Question 34

What is a mortice & tenon joint? Torsai K

Answer 34

A square peg (tenon) in a square hole (mortice)

Question 35

List need to know joints. Torsai K

Answer 35

Rebate joint, housing joint, mitre joint, mortice and tenon joint.

Question 36

Datum surfaces are... Nathan P

Answer 36

The flattest side and edge of the timber from which to measure from

Question 37

What properties gives a wood joint greater strength... Nathan P

Answer 37

Mechanical interlocking of joint | Large surface area for applying glue

Question 38

What are the smoothest surfaces of a piece of timber called? Alex McGinn

Answer 38

The datum surfaces.

Question 39

What is essential to achieve a strong join? Alex McGinn

Answer 39

An accurate fit.

Question 40

What is a wood joint at its most basic? Alex McGinn

Answer 40

A peg fitted into a corresponding hole.

Question 41

Joining two or more pieces of wood using a joint is a method of... Alex McGinn

Answer 41

Fabrication

Question 42

What does a joint do for gluing which adds greater strength to the joint? -Humphrey Marsh

Answer 42

Provides an increased surface area for gluing.

Question 43

What is the difference between a dovetail joint and a mortise and tenon joint? - Humphrey Marsh

Answer 43

A dovetail joint is between tapered pegs fitting between pins and a mortice and tenon joint is a simple insert joint between a square peg (tenon) in a square hole ( mortice)

Question 44

What determines your datum surface/edge? - Humphrey Marsh

Answer 44

The flattest surface which is perpendicular to the flattest edge.