Let’s Stay Together An introduction to wood shop-related fasteners and joinery accessories Joinery Accessories: ● Wood Dowel ○ Used in many applications for joining and aligning wood material ○ Can be used as a pivot for moving parts ○ Can be used with or without glue ● Stepped Dowel ○ Installed using the Miller stepped drill ○ Provides surface tension when set with a mallet ○ Instantly sets without the use of glue ○ Available in several wood species ● Domino Tenon ○ Installed using the Festool Domino Jointer ○ Tenon is designed to fit precisely into the mortise created by the tool ○ Glue expansion slots ensure a tight and rotation-proof joint ● Biscuit Tenon ○ Installed using the biscuit joiner ○ Typically used to laminate lengths of wood along the edge ○ Require less accuracy than the Domino as the mortise cut is larger than the tenon ● Pocket Hole Joint ○ Installed using the Kreg Pocket Hole jig (available in tool checkout cage) ○ Provides a strong joint with or without glue ○ Pocket can be filled and hidden by inserting a dowel into the hole and cutting off flush Binding Hardware: ● Barrel Nut ○ Also known as cross dowels or dowel nuts ○ Creates a strong joint for wood and composite materials ○ Used extensively in flat-pack furniture ● Sex Bolt/Binding post ○ Barrels and screws team up to hold items together ○ Provides a low-profile when compared with a nut and bolt combination ● Wood-screw Stud ○ Wood screw to machine screw ○ Used to install a threaded stud into a wood structure ● Screw-stud snaps ○ Used to install a regular fabric snap to a solid surface ○ Pair with another snap to attach soft goods to solid material ● Tee Nuts ○ Provides an internally-threaded insert for solid wood, making it possible to bolt materials to a solid wood surface ○ Also known as a “blind nut” ○ Available in surface-mount (screw in) or hammer-in style ● Threaded Inserts ○ Provides an internally-threaded insert for solid wood, making it possible to bolt materials to a solid wood surface ○ Installed by drilling a hole and turning into the solid material with a slotted screwdriver ● Countersunk Washers ○ Flat and oval head screws sit flush within these washers for a neat, finished appearance. ● Finishing Countersunk Washers ○ Also known as dress washers, these are machined to be sturdier and provide a neater appearance than standard countersunk washers. Flat and oval head screws sit flush within them. ● Centering or hinge drill bit ○ Used to center the pilot hole when installing hinges with a countersunk flange Standard Hardware Head Styles: .