Exam 15: Case Joints

The dado-and-rabbet joint has a rabbet cut on one member that fits into a dado cut in the adjoining member.

The ____ joint is an excellent joint, because it combines the appearance of a miter joint with the strength of a rabbet-and-dado joint.

The ____ of the box joint should be milled 1/32" to 1/16" longer than the stock is thick.

In a dovetail joint, both the tails and pins fit into the recesses, called ____, on the mating pieces.

Any enclosed structure built using case joints is considered ____.

A ____ case joint consists of two adjacent pieces, each of which has its end beveled typically at a 45° angle.

The dovetail case joint is the simplest and most basic of all case joints.

A glue joint that joins end grain to face grain is not a good glue joint.

A dado is a ____-sided groove.

With ____ dovetails, the sockets that the tails fit into are cut only partway through the adjoining board, with the result that the joint can only be seen from one side.

____ joints are interlocking tenons and notches in the ends of adjoining boards.

____, Alnus rubra, works easily with both hand and power tools and takes finishes well.

____ loads are those loads that would move a case or box out of square.

A joint used to build boxes is a(n) ____ joint.

A ____ joint creates a case corner with one member rabbetted and the other butted into it.

The only difference between spline and feather keys is that spline keys are made of thicker material than feather keys, which may be as thin as veneer.

In a case joint, wood is joined together end to end across its width, joining end grain to face grain.

A simple dovetail jig can aid in both the layout and cutting of dovetails.

Butt joints are stronger than rabbet joints.

When marking out a ____ joint that will be cut by hand, it is a good practice to shade the area that will be cut out.