Wood Joinery

Vintage wood and timber joinery tips, instructions and furniture plans for the hobbyist in carpentry.

First is a list of the best woods for joinery & woodworking including:

• Oak Wood,
• Mahogany Wood,
• Black Walnut,
• Tropical Woods,
• Jarrah Wood,
• Cedar and Elm,
• White Pine,
• Yellow Poplar,
• Sequoia or Redwood,
• Yellow Pine.

Followed by an informative look at the essential woodworking & joinery tools :

• Hand Saws,
• Tenon Saws,
• Dovetail Saws,
• Compass, Table, Keyhole & Bow Saws,
• Woodworking Plane,
• Jack Plane,
• Fore Plane,
• Smoothing Planes,
• Jointer Plane,
• Match & Beading Planes,
• Rebate & Moulding Planes,
• Wood Chisels,
• Mortising Chisels,
• Brace, Bits, & Gimlets,
• Mortise & Marking Gauges,
• Try & Mitre Square,
• Shooting Board,
• Mitre Box,
• Press Cramp.

And then a look at how to use the tools mentioned above in furniture construction and building methods

• Halving,
• Tongue and Groove,
• Glue Joints,
• Joining Shelves,
• Mortise and Tenon,
• Wedged Tenon,
• Dovetail Joints,
• Mitre Joints.

Finally our list of furniture building plans complete with the necessary drawings:

• Wall Bookcase Plan,
• Hanging Plate Rack,
• Dining Chair Plans,
• Free Bookcase Plans,
• Hexagon Table Plan,
• Hall Table Plan,
• Round Table Plans,
• Square Tea Table Plans,
• Indoor Flower Stands,
• Hall Bench,
• Coat Tree Plan,
• Ladies Table,
• Hall Chair Plan,
• Baby High Chair Plans,
• Library Table,
• Medicine Cabinet Plans,
• Three Tier Plant Stand,
• Music Roll Cabinet,
• Reading Chair Plans,
• Sideboard Hutch Plans.

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