(of wood, metal, etc.) a joint formed by two surfaces abutting at right angles.
Example sentencesExamples
Use dowels at each butt joint and when you cut your stock make it long enough for the amount of overlap that you desire.
Join these pieces with butt joints and glue, nails, or screws.
Square-groove butt joints can be welded without filler metal in base metals up to 2.5 mm thick.
When possible, butt joints in the decking should be avoided.
The greater the included angle in a butt joint, the least dilution of the filler metal.
The normal procedure for making a butt joint in clad plate is to weld the backing or steel side first with a welding procedure suitable for the carbon steel base material being welded.
The mortised joint is even neater than the butt joint, but you must cut a mortise into the post for this joint.
It's not every day that a client comes along and wants a silicone butt joint glass box added to a Grade-B listed building.
When two furring strips are joined, the butt joint should always be over the center of a joist.
When wood is treated in place, liberal amounts of the solution should be applied to all lap and butt joints, edges and ends of boards and panels.
Definition of butt joint in US English:
butt joint
noun
(of wood, metal, etc.) a joint formed by two surfaces abutting at right angles.
Example sentencesExamples
Square-groove butt joints can be welded without filler metal in base metals up to 2.5 mm thick.
The greater the included angle in a butt joint, the least dilution of the filler metal.
Use dowels at each butt joint and when you cut your stock make it long enough for the amount of overlap that you desire.
When possible, butt joints in the decking should be avoided.
The normal procedure for making a butt joint in clad plate is to weld the backing or steel side first with a welding procedure suitable for the carbon steel base material being welded.
Join these pieces with butt joints and glue, nails, or screws.
It's not every day that a client comes along and wants a silicone butt joint glass box added to a Grade-B listed building.
The mortised joint is even neater than the butt joint, but you must cut a mortise into the post for this joint.
When two furring strips are joined, the butt joint should always be over the center of a joist.
When wood is treated in place, liberal amounts of the solution should be applied to all lap and butt joints, edges and ends of boards and panels.