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Butt joints are the easiest of all to make. Wood is butted face to edge or end to edge and nailed, screwed or doweled together. End to edge joints can be joined with corrugated fasteners.
Strength can be added by glueing the joining faces. These joints are not recommended for hardwood unless pilot holes and screws or dowels are used to hold them together.
When nailing or screwing but joints use corner or miter clamps to hold the two pieces in place.

Although this joint is simple and easy to do I don't really like it because it is not s and unlike dovetail joints they have no aesthetical value.


Halved joints or lap joints are mostly used to assemble light frames which are going to be covered with hardboard or plywood. Half the thickness of each piece of wood to be joined is cut away with a tenon saw and the joint is glued and screwed or nailed. Halved lap joints are also used to join long lengths of timber as for fencing. 

I like this type of joint and I know its quite a strong joint because my dad used it when he made my bed.


Dovetail joints are very strong and neat joints used primarily to make drawers and boxes. It needs a lot of practice to make a good dovetail joint.

I really like the dovetail joint because it shows skill and it looks good.