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The Complete Illustrated Guide to Joinery by Gary Rogowski click to enlarge

The Complete Illustrated Guide to Joinery

Gary Rogowski
Here is a complete visual reference on making joints for woodworking, with 1500 step-by-step process photos. Covers almost every practical joint along with a few exotic ones. Gives you choices about how to proceed, depending on your skill level and tools.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Introduction
How to Use This Book

Part One: Tools for Joinery

SECTION 1: Hand Tools
Measuring and Marking Tools
Cutting Tools
Drills and Drivers
Holding Jigs
Clamping Tools

SECTION 2: Portable Power Tools
Saws
Routers and Bits
Biscuit
Joiners
Drills

SECTION 3: Machines
Boring and Mortising
Edge Tools
Saws

Part Two: Carcase Joinery

SECTION 4: Butt Joints
Joints with Fasteners
Knockdown Joints
Biscuit Joints
Dowel Joints

SECTION 5: Rabbet, Groove, and Dado Joints
Rabbets
Grooves
Dadoes
Shouldered Dadoes
Dado Rabbets
Drawer Lock Joints
Tongue and Groove
Loose Tongue Joint

SECTION 6: Miter Joints
Compound Miter
Biscuited Miter
Splined Miters
Keyed Miters
Rabbeted Miter
Lock Miter

SECTION 7: Finger Joints
Finger Joints
Halved Joints

SECTION 8: Mortise-and-Tenon Joints
Stopped Joints
Through Joints

SECTION 9: Dovetail Joints
Through Dovetails
Half-Blind Dovetails
Full-Blind Dovetails
Sliding Dovetails
Slot Dovetails

Part Three: Frame Joinery

SECTION 10: Butt Joints
Screwed Joint
Pocket-Hole Joint
Doweled Joints
Biscuit Joints

SECTION 11: Miter Joints
Butt Miter Joints
Biscuited Miter Joint
Splined Miter Joints
Mitered Slip Joint
Keyed Miter Joints

SECTION 12: Lap and Bridle Joints
Corner Half-Lap Joints
T or Cross Half Laps
Dovetail Lap Joint
Mitered Half-Lap Joints
Corner Bridle Joints
T Bridle Joint
Halved Joints
One-Third Lap Joint
Bird's-Mouth Joints

SECTION 13: Scarf and Splice Joints
Simple Scarf Joints
Half-Lap Splice Joint
Bevel-Lap Splice Joints
Tabled Joint
Lapped Dovetail Splice
Tapered Finger Joint
Cogged Scarf Joint

SECTION 14: Edge Joints
Edge Joints
Edgebanding
Coopered Edge Joint
Reinforced Edge Joints
Tongue-and-Groove Edges

SECTION 15: Mortise and Tenons
Simple Tenons
Round Mortises
Round Tenons
Loose Tenons
Haunched Joints
Multiple Mortises
Angled Tenons
Mating Tenons
Frames and Panels
Strengthened Tenons
Special Joints
Through Mortises
Through Tenons

List of Contributors
Further Reading
Index

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