Big box joints

[Mr Ed]

On this stool I reinforced the box joint with screws and went with a contrasting maple plug.

Nice stool, Ed. But. screws??? :shock: :roll:

I know, they won't be seen but, you could've used Miller Dowels!

Nothing wrong with screws...don't be a snob!

Ed

 

[Smudger]

If you were to take the end and the side, clamp them together and cut through both to make the finger joints, would the kerf mean that the joints would be loose? I'm thinking of a Japanese dovetail saw for the first cuts and a sharp chisel to remove the waste..

 

[Smudger]

On this stool I reinforced the box joint with screws and went with a contrasting maple plug.

Nice stool, Ed. But. screws??? :shock: :roll:

I know, they won't be seen but, you could've used Miller Dowels!

Nothing wrong with screws...don't be a snob!

Ed

Slotted, not crosshead, and driven home (coated in candlewax) with a cabinet maker's screwdriver, one assumes?

 

[Chris Knight]

Yes, by twice the width of the kerf.

If you were to take the end and the side, clamp them together and cut through both to make the finger joints, would the kerf mean that the joints would be loose? I'm thinking of a Japanese dovetail saw for the first cuts and a sharp chisel to remove the waste..

 

[MikeG.]

If you were to take the end and the side, clamp them together and cut through both to make the finger joints, would the kerf mean that the joints would be loose? I'm thinking of a Japanese dovetail saw for the first cuts and a sharp chisel to remove the waste..

Yep.....don't do that! That would be missing the essence of making good joints: cutting accurately on the waste side of the lines.

This is a quick enough job anyway, so there is no need to look to cut corners. Besides, woodworking is a hobby of patience.

Mike

 

[Mr Ed]

On this stool I reinforced the box joint with screws and went with a contrasting maple plug.

Nice stool, Ed. But. screws??? :shock: :roll:

I know, they won't be seen but, you could've used Miller Dowels!

Nothing wrong with screws...don't be a snob!

Ed

Slotted, not crosshead, and driven home (coated in candlewax) with a cabinet maker's screwdriver, one assumes?

:lol: These are not just screws, these are M&S screws...

...hand carved from phosphor bronze, coated in free-range beeswax from bees that agreed to contribute and installed with a screwdriver once owned by Chippendale himself.

Or maybe pozidrive screws put in with an impact driver.

I won't ruin the illusion, just imagine whichever one you prefer the sound of. :lol:

Ed

 

[Smudger]

If you were to take the end and the side, clamp them together and cut through both to make the finger joints, would the kerf mean that the joints would be loose? I'm thinking of a Japanese dovetail saw for the first cuts and a sharp chisel to remove the waste..

Yep.....don't do that! That would be missing the essence of making good joints: cutting accurately on the waste side of the lines.

This is a quick enough job anyway, so there is no need to look to cut corners. Besides, woodworking is a hobby of patience.

Mike

Point taken, but it's also a hobby of awful mistakes which should have been obvious*...


*Well, to me at any rate.