Bridle joints can be use anywhere you might use half-lap or mortise and tenon joints. They are very strong and a good choice for jointing thin stock, especially where a lap joint would not offer strength and a mortise and tenon would be too small. I have even seen double bridle joints used in the construction of chairs, joining arm and leg in one flowing piece. As a general rule, a bridle joint can be used in place of a lap joint, but a lap joint should not be used in place of a bridle joint.
We have one drawer in our kitchen that contains our shared tools. The tools we reach for when something needs doing and I don’t want to trek to the woodshop to get my tools.
As a boy, attending secondary school in England in 70’s, I was required to take woodworking classes as part of my education. For most of us this was our first encounter with using traditional hand tools. We learned how to manipulate wood by planing, sawing and chiseling and created all sorts of things including garden dibbers, boxes, chessboards and coffee tables read more…
My daughter and her boyfriend are replacing their kitchen. After an initial quote — way out of the ball park — I said we could cut the cost by ripping out the cabinets ourselves and so we set to it…
This was the mystery tool – I had many responses but not a single correct one – which really wasn’t a surprise given that this tool is probably no longer used.
