Basic woodworking joints - discount and casing joints

A discount joint in its simplest form is a slightly stronger version of the common contact between mating components in two layers instead of one offers a butt. A discount is made by adding a square or rectangular section on end or along the edge of a piece of wood with hand or power tools to remove.

Rebate joint
In the simplest type of discount joint discount half wood thickness, leave a protruding tongue equal to the thickness of the other, square-cut component usually cut. This type of discount is common on the tops of bookcases and shelf units where rests above and between the top ends of the pages. It can also be used to join drawer fronts, to and between pages. At least half the end grain is hidden.

The joints are usually reinforced with pins, is driven by the overlap in pairs at opposing angles - called dovetail nailing.

The discount is usually cut a discount plane. This has a page width guide and a depth stop and cleans the vertical edge of the cut, how it is used. Short discounts can be cut into a Board end, for example using a saw, but be careful.

Bare faced halving
This is a different kind of the rebate common often used for fixing of shelves in Bookcases. The shelves ends protruding tongue into the horizontal slots in the inner faces lilting Friese bookcase pages. The joint is Schulter-Up for strength. This joint can be used in drawers; a back to between the parties or accommodate a front

Casing joints
Not all body joints Friese, are, whether you or not. Fall into two categories: by housing where construction is visible on back and front sides of the common position; and a simple butt joint seems suspended housings, where from the front edge.

By housing
This is a simple common and cut. The housing shoulder lines (the thickness of the Board apart accommodated are) should have the inner face of the Board marked and squared over the edges. The depth of the housing - between one third and half the thickness - should be marked with a gauge. Then shoulders should be cut and removed the waste with a chisel work from each edge towards the Centre. Stop the bottom of the case a router or a spiking chisel.

Stop housing
In this joint, the cut should be taken only part way down the line, stop approx. 20 mm from the front edge. The end of the Board into fit should be cut on the front corner to the 'stop'.

Mark shoulder lines over the inner face as far as the stop and the back edge. To assess the depth at the end. Space to work the saw back cut out chisel down used first 50 mm case stop should be with his skewed. Then saw shoulders, to end the remaining waste chisel out and the bottom of the case with a router if you have one.