Joinery: Testing Cabinet Drawer Joinery Methods (Simulated Data!)

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Description

One defining distinction between cheap furniture and high quality furniture is the method in which pieces of wood are joined. For making cabinet drawers, a range of wood products and joinery methods used. Often plywood is used, but softwoods like pine or hardwoods are also used. For joining the sides of the boxes, we could use just glue-and-screw the pieces together using a butt-joint, or we could be use other more refined techniques like the box-joint or dovetail joint.

Usage

Joinery

Format

A data frame with 36 observations of 3 variables.

Wood

A factor describing the wood type (Plywood, Pine, Maple)

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Type

A factor describing the joint type.

Force

The force required to break the joint (in pounds).

Details

Going into the experiment, it is expected that plywood using glue-and-screw butt-joints will be poor, but it isn't clear how well the other joint types will compare when using plywood vs natural woods.

Examples

ggplot2::ggplot(Joinery, aes(x=Wood, y=Force, color=Type)) + geom_point()

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