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In the last Joinery 101 post, we took a look at joining boards using clamps and glue. Dowels are a simple way to make glued joints even stronger by using small pegs to keep things together.

Joints for small to medium-sized frames can be reinforced using four- to six-penny finish nails. Drive the two nails into the corner of the frame at a 90-degree angle for the most secure connection.

Compared to a stick-built home, it uses more substantial cuts of wood and is fitted together with unique joinery like mortises, tenons, and wooden pegs as opposed to studs.

"Pegg helps you be home anywhere – it is portable, sustainable, all-wood furniture that's built for life." Pegg is informed by traditional peg joinery techniques.

Other forms of joinery can have a high margin for error, and it's all too easy to misalign drilled-out holes for pegs and biscuits. Other forms of joinery can be even more challenging.