There are many types of fasteners used in woodworking. For the sake of this course, we are going to focus on 3 right now: nails, screws and dowel pins.

Nails:

We have 3 types of nails in the shop: Finishing Nails, Roofing nails and Box nails. Click here to learn a little more about them.

Joining Corners Using Nails:

Screws:

Properly Driving in Screws:

Nails VS. Screws

Dowel Pins: