You can connect two pieces of wood in many ways. Here are some of them.
Glue (Leim 🇩🇪) ¶
You glue two flat pieces of wood together. Use clamps.
You should glue long grain to long grain.
Nails ¶
Good when you have a lot of shear force, but little tensile force.
Screws ¶
Avoid screwing into end-grain. It will easily come out. You need to screw into long grain.
Countersinks are nice.
- Einschraubmuffe: Man macht ein Loch ins holz, schraubt das Metallgewinde rein. Dann kann man eine Schraube sicher in das Metallgewinde schrauben.
- Exzenterverbinder
Pocket-Hole Jigs ¶
Pocket screws have a flat hat that functions as a minature clamp.
Construction screws have a conical hat bores into the wood so that the screw sits flush.
Threaded Inserts ¶
Easy to assemble and disassemble.
Busikits ¶
Compressed piece of wood. You use a busikit to join two pieces of wood. You need a "slot" in the wood.
Good for small projects like picture frames
Dowels ¶
You drill a hole into both pieces of wood and put a dowel in it. Use a self-centering jig that clamps to the wood to get the holes straight.
Festool Domino ¶
Like a thick Busikit. You need a special machine to use it.
Interlocking Joints ¶
- Gehrung (Miter joint)
- Nut-Feder-Verbindung (Miter joint with spline)
- Frame mitre joint vs Case mitre joint
Dovetails ¶
Looks really nice.
- Schwalbenschwanzverbindung (Dovetail joint)
- Through dovetail
- Half-blind dovetail
- Secret mitred dovetail
- Sliding dovetail