Joinery at GizmoLab
Strong, high-quality joinery is our specialty
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Mortise and tenon The mortise-and-tenon joint allows us to construct a very lightweight door or table top, strong enough to hold a large piece of thick, tempered glass. Not at all fragile, requiring no metal fasteners, it looks clean and finished from all six sides. |
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Mortise and tenon with nested stop-rabbets The double rabbet provides room for the tempered glass, in the innermost rabbet, and for a hold-down strip, in the outermost rabbet. A stop rabbet joint is one which doesn't extend the full length of the piece. Both rabbets in the side pieces (pictured at right) are stopped because they turn a corner within those pieces. |
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Pegged through-mortise and tenon This joint is very strong, rigid and reliable; yet it is not glued or fastened, and can be disassembled with remarkable ease. The piece pictured at left was designed to have a japanese flavor. The client was very happy with both the design and the result. |
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Stop dado A stop dado is one which doesn't extend the full length of the piece. We use a stop dado in drawer fronts so that the resulting drawers are both light and strong. |
