Clarifying terminology

Submitted by solomonson on Sun, 10/31/2010 - 09:55

Hello, I'm brand new to building, though I've been lurking for awhile.  I just bought my wood yesterday to build the Tryde media table and entry shelf and needed some help clarifying some of Ana's words.

 

When she says "Mark out the joints on both sides of the joint on the board." it sounds to me she's saying to mark where the nails or screws will go in to join 2 boards together, am I correct?

 

And when she talks about predrilling, I'm assuming she's referring to drilling pilot holes.  Can someone confirm?

 

Thanks and look forward to meeting more of you.

maman

Sun, 10/31/2010 - 19:56

no confirmation here. But since no one has responded yet, I'll give my opinion.

I think pre-drilling means pilot holes.
I think the joint is the entire surface where two boards meet, because this joint is supposed to be glued (and then nailed or screwed). Total guess here, but I would mark the joint on both sides, not the screw holes. For example, if your two boards formed a T, then I would trace both sides of the T's leg onto the bottom of the top board, and copy those same two pencil lines on the top of that top board. That sounds confusing. I think the point of this is so that after you join your boards with glue, you will be able to see from the top where you need to screw down, in case your view is otherwise blocked.

My guesses. But you should probably wait for someone else to weigh in!

prismax

Tue, 12/14/2010 - 22:23

if you mark your joint on both sides then you  can see where the board goes on the one side and what area your screws have to go in on the other side.  A good tool for this is a combination square or a not as good, but still good would be a speed square, else you can measure.