Christmas weekend we were at the lake and watching OETA. We have antenna television there so we see programs we don't see at home. We were watching a show on "Joinery". And what is "Joinery"? It is the practice of joining wood together to build things. We saw dovetail, bowtie, biscuit, dowel, and several really old techniques used for fine furniture making. It was very appropriate since we were at the step in the Pantry to build the shelves. A quick call to Daddy and we have a biscuit joiner we are able to borrow. Love it that we have access to all the tools, we don't have to buy them and we are using my Daddy's tools. Bill thinks my Daddy is a great man and loves him as his own so he smiles when he is using these tools.
This is a biscuit. It's amazing, this little wafer of wood with a little wood glue and two slits cut into wood make an incredibly strong joint.
This is the biscuit maker. It is a blade that you hold in place and then depending on the size of your biscuit you move it side to side matching numbers. I believe there are 3 sizes of biscuits.
Add a biscuit with a little wood glue or Grab All.
After making the slit in the one board you make a matching on in the board you are joining it to.
First shelf going in. This shelf runs along three walls so it was put in first to be sure it run straight.
Because of the length of the shelf run Bill clamped this joint for 24 hours to have a little assurance it would cure straight. 24 hours is longer than needed but it is so cold we wanted to be over cautious. Still no heat run into these rooms.
Beautiful joinery done by my husband. We caulked all the joints and touched up the paint.
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