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Joinery For Furniture Makers
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Dates: Sept 20, 2010
Nov 8, 2010
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Tuition and Materials: $760 Cdn |
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Materials: Students who wish to build a small cabinet or lidded box as part of their exercises will require approximately 16 or 4.5 bdft of 8/4 material, which they may bring with them or purchase here at current market prices. Please contact us for further details. |
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Appropriate joinery not only ensures the structural integrity of your furniture, but can also become a decorative element with which to display your craftsmanship. In this program, we cover a combination of hand cut and machine made joinery appropriate to the construction of fine quality furniture. Students are encouraged to apply many of the techniques covered in this class in the construction of a small cabinet or lidded box. Optionally, they may chose to create study joints expressly for the purpose of developing and honing their skills. Below are some of the joints that will be demonstrated, then cut by students: |
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Hand Cut Through Dovetails:
The joint is both decorative and strong, and is considered by many to be a hallmark of quality construction. |
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Dado Joint:
Cut with the table saw or router then hand fit, this carcass joint is widely used and exhibits good shear strength. |
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Rabbet:
Similar to a dado joint but occurring along the edge of a component.
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Tapered Sliding Dovetails:
A tricky but extremely strong mechanically interlocking joint that can be used in place of a dado joint where withdrawal resistance is required. |
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Wedged Through Tenons:
An extremely strong form of mortise and tenon connection, the wedged through tenon is also decorative. Various means of cutting this joint will be demonstrated using a variety of machinery, including routers, table saws, bandsaws and a number of commercial and shop made jigs and fixtures.
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Bridle Joints:
We will demonstrate the cutting of a number of variations of this joint by machine, then refine the joint with hand tools for a perfect fit. |
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Methods of gluing and clamping joinery will be demonstrated. Gluing technique is an often overlooked skill that if poorly executed can compromise the strength and longevity of our work. It is also crucial to consider clamping methods when we consider our options for joinery. We will cover glue choices, placement and quantity and the use of clamping cauls to distribute pressure and ensure that joints are drawn together for a tight fit. |
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This program is a solid cross section of commonly used, time-tested traditional joinery methods. By the end of the week, students will have experience creating a wide variety of furniture joints, and the knowledge to choose appropriate applications for each. |
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