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  2. Tongue and groove - Wikipedia

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    Tongue and groove joints allow two flat pieces to be joined strongly together to make a single flat surface. Before plywood became common, tongue and groove boards were also used for sheathing buildings and to construct concrete formwork. A strong joint, the tongue and groove joint is widely used for re-entrant angles

  3. Tongue-and-groove pliers - Wikipedia

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    Parrot pliers are a type of slip-joint pliers. They are also known as: plumbing pliers, Channellocks (i.e., Channellock brand pliers), water pump pliers (British usage), groove-joint pliers, arc-joint pliers, Multi-Grips or multigrips (Australian usage), tap or pipe spanners, swan neck pliers. Monkey pliers.

  4. Joinery - Wikipedia

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    Groove joint: Like the dado joint, except that the slot is cut with the grain. Sometimes referred to interchangeably with the dado joint. Tongue and groove: Each piece has a groove cut all along one edge, and a thin, deep ridge (the tongue) on the opposite edge. If the tongue is unattached, it is considered a spline joint. Birdsmouth joint

  5. Matchboard - Wikipedia

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    Matchboarding can be used both internally and externally, and can be layered in many different styles including: square edge, feather edge, ship lap and tongue and groove. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Matchboard was most popular in the late Victorian period , when woodworking machinery had developed that could cut the edge joints quickly and cheaply.

  6. Groove (joinery) - Wikipedia

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    A through groove (left) and a stopped groove. In joinery, a groove is a slot or trench cut into a member which runs parallel to the grain. A groove is thus differentiated from a dado, which runs across the grain. [1] Grooves are used for a range of purposes in cabinet making and other woodworking fields.

  7. Mortise and tenon - Wikipedia

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    One drawback to this joint is the difficulty in making it because of the precise measuring and tight cutting required. In its most basic form, a mortise and tenon joint is both simple and strong. There are many variations of this type of joint, and the basic mortise and tenon has two components: the mortise hole, and; the tenon tongue.

  8. Glossary of woodworking - Wikipedia

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    dovetail joint A joint technique most commonly used in woodworking joinery. Noted for its resistance to being pulled apart (tensile strength), the dovetail joint is commonly used to join the sides of a drawer to the front. dowel A cylindrical piece of wood used as a pin for securing a joint. drawknife

  9. Chamfer - Wikipedia

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    A chamfer with a "lark's tongue" finish. A chamfer (/ ˈ ʃ æ m f ər / SHAM-fər or / ˈ tʃ æ m f ər / CHAM-fər) is a transitional edge between two faces of an object.Sometimes defined as a form of bevel, it is often created at a 45° angle between two adjoining right-angled faces.