Saw an old carpenter make a simple witty connection. Took a note!

Recently I went to visit my friend, the carpenter Arkady Semyonich, to consult on one matter. As usual, he was busy with something in his workshop, but when he saw me, he immediately called to him and said: “How did you come in time! Let me show you one very simple ingenious joinery. "Semyonich often teaches me the mind to reason and shares his experience, for which I am very grateful to him.

There are dozens, if not hundreds, of joinery connections, but I liked this connection for its simplicity and reliability, so I took note of it! Now I will show you how it is done and maybe this information will be useful to someone too.

As an example, I will use bars measuring 50 by 70 and 25 by 50 mm. First of all, in a larger bar, we make a groove to a depth equal to half the width of the bar (slightly less). I made the groove with a stationary circular saw, but it can be done in other ways, such as a router.

In the process of sampling, when the groove becomes already wide enough (its width is almost equal to the width of the second bar), you must be careful not to remove the excess and then the second bar will be inserted tightly.

When the groove is ready, we clean it with the bottom of the chisel from the traces of the saw teeth.

Then we glue the two parts together with the help of wood glue or PVA.

Then we drill two holes (6 - 8 mm in diameter) at the points of contact of the bars to a depth of about 10 mm.

And then we insert the usual furniture dowels, naturally also putting them on glue.

After the glue hardens, it is necessary to cut off the protruding parts of the dowels with a fine-toothed hacksaw and grind everything thoroughly. If someone has a multimaster, then this operation can be done even faster.

The result is a reliable joinery connection, which, in my opinion, is done very simply and quickly.