Power tools and machinery
Joinery tools cut, guide, reinforce, and register wood joints so parts assemble accurately and stay aligned.
Power and jig-based joinery tools include biscuit joiners, loose-tenon joiners, doweling jigs, pocket-hole systems, mortising machines, router jigs, and spline setups. Each supports a different joint structure and workflow.
A joinery tool removes a pocket, groove, hole, or slot at a controlled location. The mating part, fastener, tenon, dowel, biscuit, or spline then aligns and strengthens the assembly.
Choose by the joint's purpose: alignment, strength, speed, hidden fastening, repeatability, or traditional appearance.
A slot cutter for oval compressed biscuits.
A biscuit joiner cuts matching crescent slots in mating parts. Biscuits help align panels, frames, and case parts but are not the strongest choice for every structural joint.
Open individual guideA machine or jig for mortises and floating tenons.
A loose-tenon system cuts matching mortises and uses a separate tenon. It can be fast, strong, and repeatable for tables, chairs, frames, and cabinets.
A drill guide for aligned dowel joints.
A doweling jig positions drill bits so mating dowel holes line up. It is affordable and effective for cabinets, frames, and edge alignment when layout is careful.
Open individual guideAn angled drilling guide for pocket screws.
A pocket-hole jig drills a stepped angled hole for screws. It is fast for cabinets, face frames, shop fixtures, and hidden fastening where the look is acceptable.
Open individual guideA machine for square mortises.
A hollow-chisel mortiser cuts rectangular mortises with a drill bit inside a square chisel. It speeds traditional mortise-and-tenon work.
Open individual guideA template or guide system for routed joints.
Router jigs can cut dovetails, box joints, mortises, dados, and shelf pin holes. They trade setup time for repeatable results.
A clamping base and interchangeable router templates for repeatable joints.
Cam clamping bars hold paired boards while a machined comb guides matching router bits for half-blind, through and box-joint patterns.
Open individual guideA jig for reinforcing miters or edge joints.
A spline jig guides a saw or router to cut a slot across a joint. A spline adds alignment and glue surface, especially in miters.
A pneumatic fastener tool for trim and light assembly.
An 18-gauge brad nailer places small fasteners in supported trim and cabinetry work. Brads can hold a fitted piece while adhesive cures, but do not replace a specified structural joint.
Open individual guideA pneumatic fastener for delicate trim and temporary holding.
A pin nailer drives very fine headless pins through a slim nose; the holding force is modest and work still needs sound joinery or adhesive.
Open individual guideA pneumatic tool for U-shaped 1/4-inch crown staples.
The documented piston and driver fire two-leg staples while a straight magazine and compact ribbon spring feed the next fastener.
Open individual guideCompanies are grouped by the products they currently make for this type of woodworking.
