About Finger Joint Boxes

Series Summary

Box joints not only add strength to a box, but they add a special beauty to the carpentry. A table saw jig is often used to make box joints for a finger joint box. In fact, making box joints for finger joint boxes is fairly easy using this woodworking tool. If you would like to learn how to make a finger joint box, you can learn for free by watching these woodworking videos. Watch as carpenter Michael McGeary demonstrates how to cut finger joints with a table saw jig, how to square box joints, how to make a rabbit cut with a table saw, how to square box corners, how to fit the bottom of a finger joint box, how to glue box joints, and how to sand and stain a finger joint box.

Video Transcript

"This is four and a half inches wide and at that width I should have a pin in this end like this. I should have a pin on the end on each end and the gaps in the center. This is going to be one of the sidepieces and you'll have to decide on the length and, and a, a dimensions of your box. It doesn't matter how long this is a, it can be fifteen inches long if that's as a, big as you want your box. I'm using a, about four and a half by eight a, to make the box we're going to a, wind up with. So I'm going to start by making the outside pin cut. This is done by placing this board right up against the plug and making a cut which will leave a half inch pin here and a slot right here but first I'm going to put some tape on it."