Joinery

Table and Chair Joinery

Because of their constant use tables and chairs are the ultimate test of a carpenter's joinery skills. I have developed a system for producing a finger mortise and tenon joint for which I have never seen used before. Although hard to appreciate because it cannot be seen, hidden deep within the table or chair leg, I consider it practically indestructible. Every piece of furniture designed with this joint will last for hundreds of years. At Custom Carving every table and chair is built with this finger mortise and tenon joint.

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Dovetail Joinery

All solid wood boxes produced at Custom Carving are built using dovetail joinery, both the strongest method for solid wood box building and the most elegant. We are able to join cabinets up to two feet in width with two main types of dovetails, through dovetails and half-blind dovetails. Most drawers are made with evenly spaced half blind dovetails. Boxes that rest on top of each other or are seen only from the sides, we use incremented spaced half-blind dovetails. Anywhere where the entire joint is visible we build with through dovetail joints. Sliding dovetails are commonly used joining shelves, chair and shtender backs, and more. Video to come shortly

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