39 definitions for J

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(Adhesive) Joint : The location at which two adherends are held together with a layer of adhesive.

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(Assembly) Joint : Joints between variously shaped parts or subassemblies such as in wood furniture (as opposed to joints in plywood and laminates that are all quite similar).

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(Butt) Joint : An end joint formed by abutting the squared ends of two pieces.

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(Edge) Joint : A joint made by bonding two pieces of wood together edge to edge. The joints may be made by gluing two squared edges as in a plain edge joint or by using machined joints of various kinds, such as tongued-and-grooved joints.

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(End) Joint : A joint made by bonding two pieces of wood together end to end, commonly by finger or scarf joint.

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(Lap) Joint : A joint made by placing one member partly over another and bonding the overlapped portions.

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(Scarf) Joint : An end joint formed by joining with adhesive the ends of two pieces that have been tapered or beveled to form sloping plane surfaces, usually to a featheredge, and with the same slope of the plane with respect to the length in both pieces.

In some cases, a step or hook may be machined into the scarf to facilitate alignment of the two ends, in which case the plane is discontinuous and the joint is known as a stepped or hooked scarf joint.

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(Starved) Joint : A glue joint that is poorly bonded because an insufficient quantity of adhesive remained in the joint.

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(Sunken) Joint : Depression in wood surface at a joint caused by 'surfacing material too soon after bonding.

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Finger Joint- : An end joint made up of several meshing wedges or fingers of wood bonded together with an adhesive.
Fingers are sloped and may be cut parallel to either the wide or narrow face of the piece.