Here are just a few ways you could join woods together, look at the animation and the knock down fittings
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See opposite different types of screw that can be used to fix woods together. Countersunk head (A), raised head (B) and round head (C). |
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You must
drill a hole through both pieces of wood as long as the screw itself
(2).Don't forget you drill a clearance hole in the top piece of wood so
the screw just passes through (3) and a pilot hole in the bottom piece
of wood so that it does not split when you put the screw in (4). In the
example a countersunk screw has been used.
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Glue is a good way of sticking wood. PVA is
excellent, you can get it for both inside and outside jobs.
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Knock down (KD) fittings and quick assembly (QA) fittings are good for fixing stuff quickly some examples are shown below.
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| Most of the examples above are for fixing man made boards such a chip board where it may be necessary to join sheets of wood together. Number 6 might do for the child's toy. | |||