Four Common Woodworking Joints | Popular Woodworking

From butt joints to dovetails, every builder should know these essential woodworking joints —and when to use each one.

The following is a small sample from the book The Complete Starter Guide to Making Wooden Boxes, written by Albert Kleine and published by Fox Chapel Publishing.

A book on box-making essentials would be incomplete without an in-depth discussion of joinery. After all, at its core, a box is just four boards of wood joined together with a top and bottom. Getting a good foundation in joinery is absolutely necessary if you want to make boxes, and it will help you immensely as you continue in your woodworking. That’s why before we go into the projects, we’re going to take some time and focus directly on the topic.

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