Andy Jeffries wrote in message

I'm not far from a newbie (only about 6 months woodworking experience)
but as far as I know, that joint is called a half-lap joint.




On 14 Jul 2004 12:26:00 -0700, (Scott Kuhn)
wrote:
I was looking on amazon.com at the "Complete Illustrated Guide to
Joinery" book mentioned in this thread, and using the "search inside
this book" feature you can see thumbnail photos of many joints. Based
on that, I'd say the joint we're talking about here is called a
"halved joint". A half-lap joint is similar, but half the thickness is
removed from each board, whereas in the halved joint each board
retains it's full thickness. Have a look at those pictures and see if
you agree:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1561...62#reader-link


and it's in... section 7- finger joints. G


it's not a joint that I can see much use for beyond practice with the
tools type stuff.
if I'm looking for quick-and-dirty I'll assemble butt joints with
staples and glue. if I want strong I'll choose a joint for the
application- but I doubt that that joint would turn out to be the
method of choice anywhere. If I want attractive I doubt it will be on
the short list either, but that being an aesthetic matter someone else
might have a different take.