These are plans for many different joints, which can be used to practice those joints or incorporated into your own designs. Once you have a working knowledge of many different joints, it is possible to design your own plans.
Finger Jointed Paired Tenons Plans
The finger jointed paired tenon is a method of having a longer tenon in a narrow leg. The two adjacent tenons share an L-shaped mortise, by having the two mortises…
Double Mortise and Tenon Joint Plans
The double mortise and tenon is a stronger variant of the traditional mortise and tenon, due to the huge increase in glue surface by having two tenons, and the extra…
Castle Joint Plans
The castle joint is a fun and easy joint for corners of chairs and tables. It combines a half lap joint with intersecting bridle joints to connect all three parts.…
Wedged Blind Tenon Joint (Fox Tenon) Plans
This brilliant but challenging joint is the wedged blind tenon, also known as the fox tenon because the two wedges look like ears. The blind tenon goes into a tapered…
Mitered Tenon Joint Plans
The mitered tenon allows for longer tenons in a furniture leg by allowing adjacent tenons to occupy the same L-shaped mortise. This is useful in narrow legs, because longer tenons…
Breadboard End Joint Plans
The breadboard end is a great joint for the edge of a breadboard or table top. It hides the end grain, accommodates for wood movement, and also prevents cupping of…
Beveled Shoulder Mortise and Tenon Plans
The beveled shoulder mortise and tenon joint is a stronger variant of the normal blind mortise and tenon. The full width of the beam is housed into the post, so…
Fencepost Mortise and Tenon Plans
The fencepost mortise and tenon allows two tenons to house in the same mortise of a fencepost. It is essentially two through tenons that occupy the same mortise, which are…
Plant Stand with Angled Bridle Joint Plans
This Japanese-inspired plant stand design uses two angled bridle joints and one half lap joint. I originally designed the project as a means to teach those joints to my students.…
Cogged Lap Joint Plans
The cogged lap joint is a stronger variant of the half lap joint. What makes it stronger is less removal of material from the bottom piece, so it's not weakened…
Keyed Through Half Dovetail Joint Plans
The keyed through half dovetail is a very strong, removable joint that resembles a through mortise and tenon. The difference here is the mortise has an angled top and bottom,…
Dovetail Half Lap Joint Plans
The dovetail half lap joint is similar to a regular half lap joint, but the dovetail shape adds additional strength to the joint by preventing it from being pulled apart.…
Scarf Joint Template: 3″ and 3-1/8″
This is a full sized template for tracing out a scarf joint on the end of a timber. There is a template for a 3" piece and also for a…
Haunched Mortise and Tenon Joint Plans
The haunched mortise and tenon joint is a variant that adds extra strength against twisting forces. The extra haunch on the tenon give the rail piece a wider contact surface…
Wedged Through Tenon Joint Plans
These are some basic plans showing the layout of a wedged through tenon and its wedges. The design is in 1" (4/4) stock, but the same ratios can be scaled…
Keyed Through Tenon Joint Plans
The keyed through tenon is a very strong joint that uses a key or wedge to hold the tenon in place. It is not typically glued, because the one main…