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    Bridle Joints on the Table Saw

    May 03, 2022 4 minutes

    With all the options available, choosing the joinery for a project can feel overwhelming. To be honest, it’s something a lot of woodworkers (myself included) obsess about a little too much.

    An easy way to narrow your choices is by dividing joinery into two broad categories: case joinery and frame joinery. Case joints have flat, relatively wide parts. Think cabinets or boxes.

    Frame assemblies cover such territory as picture frames, doors, even table bases and chairs. It’s the realm ruled by the mortise and tenon. So when design editor Dillon Baker went looking for the right joinery for his valet chair (page 28), the mortise and tenon was waiting. This joinery option has plenty of strength, but is out of sight once

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