Nails, screws and glue are the most common ways to join wood together. When making these joins, wood can be arranged and joined differently for increased strength and stability. A butt joint and a ...

It's not worth taking the chance. Wood glue brands like Titebond recommend clamping an unstressed joint for 30 minutes to an hour. Stressed joints need to be clamped for 24 hours and Titebond ...

The Single-Lap-Joint Shear Test is a standard way to test the strength of glue to hold together two pieces of metal when they are being pulled apart. Here, we’ll do a version using two Popsicle sticks ...

joints without the need for glue or fasteners. It’s a variation on a wedged mortise and tenon joint, which strengthens the standard version of the joint by using a wedge to expand the tenon ...

But how is one to know which glue to use in which kinds of joints? The answer to that is not always clear, but solid numbers on the comparative strength of different glues are a great place to start.