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not sure what a finger joint is differs from a knuckle i guess
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Re: Morse Desiign Acou joint Finger Joint Jig
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It's similar to a dovetail joint but square.
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Identical to a box joint, only usually called a "finger joint" when used to join two boards together, end to end.
Most paint grain trim material these days is finger joint stock.
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Square would be a box joint. Although Leigh Jigs calls their template a finger joint jig, it is actually box joint jig.
Finger joints are pointed.
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Actually, finger joint, only good fro straight joints.
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Box joint, can be assembled 90 degrees.
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Ah. Quite right...
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It's like biscuit cutter, it does not cut biscuits, it cuts oval slots.
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Wait, what? Dang. I just ordered one for my wife's Christmas present. Guess I'd better cancel! :-)
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Nope. Not always, the tines on a box joint are called "fingers", and that is why "box joints" are also known, traditionally, as "finger joints".
The method, and nomenclature, predates the modern factory produced incarnation, and internet/Goggle, by a long shot.
Here's one of our favorites discussing his "box joint" jig:
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A Festool Multifunction (dining room) Table?
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different from a box joint i guess or just another name for a box joint have seen jigs made on youtube
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i have seen some very intricate joints used for joining boards end to end i wonder if those are considered finger joints
they require a special machine/cutter
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So uhhhhh should Dove Tail joints also be called Pin Joints? :-)
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A special machine/cutter, like a router and router bit?
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If you want to join boards end-to-end, and you have a 4 inch wide board? End-to-end joining is also critically dependent on alignment, you cannot tolerate a kink at each joint. I envision a special machine with a gang of saw blades, a long fence and clamp for the board, that raises the blades through the work to make a cut.
The router-bit solution will work for a shallow cigar-box, and take a jig or well-appointed router table to make accurate joints.
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Ok, but I consider a router/bit a subset of table/router/bit or jig/router/bit. The point being that it need not require a "special machine".