What is the housing joint?
living joint is a very simple, very powerful wooden joint that connects to two workpieces at right angles by cutting the slot or DADO into one piece and mounted the other piece into it. They are commonly found in libraries and other shelf units, as well as in drawers and carcasses, which are preferred by woodworkers due to easy construction, usually require only one workpiece to be cut. The joints consist of Dado perpendicular to the front edge of the workpiece and not deeper than a third of its thickness. The dado width corresponds to the width of the second workpiece that fits in the DADO and creates a strong right angle. When building shelves, identical dads are cut on each side of the unit, perpendicular to the front edge, to the exact dimensions of the end of the shelf. When the Dads are properly cut, the shelves are perfectly suited to the place. Modern housing joints are almost always cut with a router and preparation, but on the days in front of the electric tools were carefully cut off manually.
If the cut is made all the way from the front to the back of the support sides, the joint is called the street joint "through" and there is no cut on the shelf itself. The disadvantage of the housing joint through, however, is that the joint elements are visible from the front of the workpiece, which often reduces its aesthetic attraction. The alternative is the "stopped" housing joint, in which the cut is stopped in front of the front and sometimes back of the side support. The connected joint joint generally requires that the corners of the shelves are trimmed to facilitate the assembly of the ends into the dadodes. Looking from the front, DADO will not be visible and gives a neat, neat appearance.
living joints are one of the few strong, simple joints that are often used to produce rectangular joints. It has three elements: two sides and bottom. The "Rabbet" joint is almost the same, but is cut to the end of the workpiece, so it has only one side and bottom. When the Rabbet joint is used, the second workpiece isusually cut to fit. The butt is made by combining two pieces of wood together, with an edge to the face, without any cutting. Both pieces are usually provided by nails and screws, as there would be too much pressure and stress for the adhesive to ensure the joint of the butt.
Like most woodworking joints, they are usually secured with carpentry and tight until the adhesive is cured. Depending on the use of the joint, nails or screws may also be driven by DADO and to the edge of the shelf, but most woodmen despise the use of screws or nails in their carpentry. Another more popular way to strengthen joints of joints is to ensure them with adhesive blocks. These are simple wood blocks that fit comfortably in the angles of woodworking joints and are glued in place and provide additional support to both joint elements and strengthen the joint itself.