Learn how to pick the right joint for your woodworking job, ensuring accuracy in your work. Inside this book, you'll find step-by-step illustrated instructions for making all the basic joints in every joint family -- mortise and tenon, dovetails, miters, and more -- and their variations; both hand tool methods and power tool techniques, plus a variety of easy-to-build jigs; how the nature of wood and its properties affect joinery, glue, and furniture design.