How To Make Castle Joints

In this video I will walk you through the steps I took to make castle joints for the first time using some scrap wood from the shop. Castle joints are very easy to do and if you have never tried them, watch this video and see how simple castle joints really are.
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[@andreaferrarin1525]

Wow, nice!!! Really the best and simple video to understand how to make this kind of joints. Nice work 💪🏻💪🏻

[@markg3305]

Thank you!! I want to use this join for my bed frame build 😁

[@bentswoodworking]

You are so welcome!

[@johnisley4578]

How anyone could give you a thumbs down for this amazes me. Excellent work. Cheers

[@bentswoodworking]

Can’t make everyone happy unfortunately lol

[@NonNone-qm4zi]

Z​@@bentswoodworking... Don't even waste time trying.

[@coryhewitt3290]

Great Simple Video!!!

[@Uswesi1527]

Dado blade , indeed, makes a big difference. It makes difficult jobs much easier, and more accurate.

[@michellem8096]

Great video Jason. You did a great job explaining the concepts

[@bentswoodworking]

Thank you 😊

[@BillGoodman76]

Very cool and easy method. I’m going to be making a coffee table for my mother-in-law soon. I like to always try something new and different with each project and I was thinking a castle joint would be perfect. Thanks for this video.

[@bentswoodworking]

You’re welcome

[@Meolimo]

Thks from Montreal :-)

[@markmccaw4401]

Nice straight forward video without a lot of distracting music :). Thank you.

[@bentswoodworking]

You’re welcome

[@petercallaghan9851]

I've been experimenting with bending wood using steam and I've got a pretty good "top" made. This has given me the perfect way to incorporate it into a small coffee table. Thank you!

[@bentswoodworking]

You’re very welcome!

[@wilsonnixon4794]

thanks for the video...you're really good at explaining and simplifying woodworking.

[@bentswoodworking]

You’re welcome and thank you

[@paulafrance0404]

I would love to see how you built the actual castle joint!

[@bentswoodworking]

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[@aq8973]

great video, thanks

[@ArmyVet76]

The castle joint looks awesome. I am going to try that one tomorrow. Thanks for sharing

[@bentswoodworking]

You’re welcome

[@Thom4123]

I never heard of this joint, you nailed about this joint being strong and sweet looking. Awesome tutorial definitely going to use it, don’t know for what but it’s definitely going in the bag of tricks. Thank you

[@bentswoodworking]

The whole reason I use them on my current project is just so I could try them out

[@joelthoenen3733]

Love this joint.

[@bentswoodworking]

👊🏼

[@SawdustmakerLori]

Awesome joint. Thanks so much for the instruction on how to do it!

[@bentswoodworking]

You’re welcome

[@SmokingDeWalt]

Thank you for this video! That looks like a really strong joint, can't wait to try it out.

[@bentswoodworking]

Glad you found it helpful

[@patseevers262]

Nicely done, thanks!

[@bentswoodworking]

You’re welcome

[@hibcha1]

Awesome video, Jason! Need to try this out.

[@bentswoodworking]

Go for it!

[@grandolddrummer]

Now I have to think of a project to use these on. They're way simpler than I thought they would be.

[@bentswoodworking]

I felt the same way when I finally did it. I always thought they were a lot more difficult than they are

[@waynemahler2015]

Interesting joint and very clear explanation with a great video. Thanks for the demonstration and info.

[@bentswoodworking]

You’re welcome

[@MadduxWoodworks]

Man, this video was awesome! I’ve always wondered how that worked but never looked into it. Looking forward to hanging some this coming week.

[@bentswoodworking]

They are a lot of fun to make

[@johnross9369]

Great video Jason just a great video and very informative. Thanks.

[@bentswoodworking]

You’re very welcome

[@sapelesteve]

Nicely done & great little brief tutorial! Never heard of the Castle joint before but after watching your video, I know why it's called a Castle joint.............. 👍👍

[@bentswoodworking]

Give them a try sometime

[@pmelchman]

Awesome video Jason. Excellent explanation. Keep up the good work

[@bentswoodworking]

Thank you 👊🏼

[@billellison9589]

Good job!! Excellent explanation and teaching techniques!!

[@bentswoodworking]

Thank you so much

[@WoodWorkTherapy]

That was amazingly simple. I have been thinking of trying this, after seeing your video I think I am hooked on the idea! Thank you for the video. :)

[@bentswoodworking]

You’re welcome 👍

[@tekviper9]

This is a great video , I am building a cross for a wedding couple and was thinking how can I make the base sturdy and easy to assemble / disassemble. Thank you for sharing this joint tutorial !

[@bentswoodworking]

Glad you found it helpful

[@buzzpatch2294]

thanks

[@csenior10]

I’m so glad to see you didn’t use the Magswitch magnets to “secure” your stick guide rail. Too often I see people spending the money on a Sawstop because of the great safety features. Then they’ll add the JessEm Stock Guides for further safety but then they’ll use magnets to hold the track on. Their excuse for the magnets is for jigs just like yours here. Your setup here proves a jig can still be used with the stock guide rail properly secured to the fence. Great video. Sorry for the rant but the ignorance of people just absolutely drives me nuts. Especially when it comes to safety.

[@jaschatz1]

Nice video! stretchers run proud of legs and edges chamfered gives nice Greene and Greene look

[@bentswoodworking]

Thank you

[@markduggan3451]

I want to make a pagoda and this is the joint I intend using.

[@bentswoodworking]

👍👍

[@russellmckay8896]

That would be a great joint for a glass top coffee table. I'd even use contrasting woods just to show the joint

[@bentswoodworking]

That’s a great idea

[@TwoSierraEcho]

My thin kerf blade will stink doing this but I love that technique! I definitely want to use that type of joint when I rebuild my assembly table.

[@bentswoodworking]

It’s a fun joint

[@TurningsbyTurner]

Thank you for the clear and concise presentation!

[@bentswoodworking]

You’re welcome

[@leahannwhite1111]

Is it possible for me to do woodworking *without* a table saw but instead just a router? I had a bad accident recently and table saws terrify me. But I want to continue building and learning and creating things with wood. Can routers with templates and guides, as well as handheld cutters like a circular saw take care of most cutting.. along with a planer, rather than using miter saws, table saws? I would really love to know. Thanks!

[@bh5673]

Great video! Very well explained. Any tips on stabilizing the stretcher piece if it was a longer piece (6 or 7 feet long) like you may have on a dining table? This would overhang significantly on most table saws and I am not sure how to keep it steady during the cut.

[@bentswoodworking]

You could try building a tall auxiliary fence for your tablesaw

[@mikesmith2102]

I want to make a bed frame using this joint. The end posts will 4x4's with 2x6's for the side rails.

[@bentswoodworking]

Go for it!

[@redbird1824]

This is proof that some woodworker probably in Calif in 1969,probably named Castle was shooting up LSD and invented a Castle joint.Can.t wait to try it !The "joint"that is not the LSD.LOL It can be a rubiks cube type thing to gift to the wife.That will keep her busy awhile.

[@bentswoodworking]

🤣

[@macmchenry293]

Just a note on the dado stack... for 2x4 furniture, a standard 8" dado stack will be too small to give you the cut. There are lots of ways including a gillion cuts with a standard blade, but don't rush out and get a dado stack unless you want to make a serious investment. A ten inch stack is super expensive..

[@awlthatwoodcrafts8911]

Great video, Jason. I was looking forward to it when you mentioned it on IG (I'm @AwlThat, by the way). Great demonstration. I can't wait to make mine for my workbench. It's really the perfect joint for a workbench because of it's strength and it's resistance to racking. And your demonstration showed that it's not all that much work to put in for a workbench, especially when you consider the return on that "sweat" investment. One thing you could have pointed out when you were making the jig is that it can also be used as a tenoning jig. A great dual purpose jig.

[@bentswoodworking]

It absolutely could and I’m glad you found the video helpful

[@CurmudgeonExtraordinaire]

I was playing around drawing up possible table leg joints for a kitchen island table for a granite slab last night and this was one of the joints that I came up with. I had never heard of it before, so I did not know what to search for, otherwise I would have saved myself quite a bit of time. While looking for pages concerning the strength of various types of joinery, I stumbled across the name for this one. It definitely looks like it should be more resistant to side loads than the mortise & tenon joints or using a rabbet in the top of the leg. I'll still put an additional cross member for a shelf towards the bottom for more resistance to side loads since I will be using this table when I'm kneading dough for tortillas and naans. www.monkeywrench.space/diy/kitchen-island-table.htm

[@jessicaweaver6728]

Decent

[@chrisditchburn8337]

That’s made that easy

[@bentswoodworking]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@JevanHorn]

Another great explanation of an interesting joint. Thank you. Is there any concern for wood movement with this joint? Are you meant to glue the stretchers to the the leg when you assemble it?

[@bentswoodworking]

Yes I did glue it and not really concerned with any kind of with movement

[@Greek2Me64]

If you did a reasonably tight fit, but no glue, and then added a vertical peg (round or square) at each corner to keep the top from shifting, you'd have a table that could be easily disassembled and moved!

[@ericyocom7932]

Great video! In a case like this, where the stretcher is the slightest bit proud, would you raise the blade or trim the stretcher prior to final assembly?

[@bentswoodworking]

I left them long here just for demonstration purposes. How much you trim them back depends on the look you are going for. For me, I wanted them to protrude by 3/8”. I also considered making them flush.

[@CurmudgeonExtraordinaire]

@@Greek2Me64 -- The way I read his question, it seemed if he was asking whether the dado blade should be raised to make a slightly deeper groove in the leg or it should be assembled slightly raised (like was happening in this video and then trim the runners back to be flush with the tops of the legs (using either a wood plane or a sander, I suspect). Personally, I would try to cut the groove slightly deeper and if I wet too far, I would sand the top of the leg flush because that would be less sanding than having the sand all the runners. Assuming that the table had to be an exact height, maybe leave the legs slightly longer than needed so that you have enough extra material for this and then to cut them to equal length after the sanding is done?

[@victorrocha8370]

Jason, I tried this on my workbench this weekend, but I found i couldn't get the cut deep enough on a 4x4 post to hold the 2x4. I ended up going with a 2x3 and using my circular saw. The table saw wouldn't go deep enough either. Any suggestions to make a deeper cut?

[@bentswoodworking]

Kerf cut it and then hog out the material with a chisel.

[@hotsnottatertot5451]

If a person made this with a 4x4 leg, would it be strong enough for a bed frame? 6x6?

[@bentswoodworking]

4x4 would be fine.

[@mmcfreds]

Great video! Where would you use the joint though? On a table, the top would cover the stretchers so you wouldn’t see the joinery (unless the top is glass I suppose).

[@mmcfreds]

Just found an example. Stretchers are left loner on purpose and a miter is cut where they hang over. This gives a more elegant look to the table, just a small detail that is more pronounced if the stretchers are contrasting to the leg.

[@bentswoodworking]

It’s more for the side visual appeal. But, contrasting colors like this would look pretty sweet with a glass top.

[@chrishumphrey1720]

Great video brother.....Wouldn't you need a flat kerf blade if your not running a dado stack?

[@bentswoodworking]

Thank you. And you don’t “need” one but it would provide a cleaner flat surface

[@timothyeggert1274]

Nice video without unnecessary talking. I would think it would be hard to do on a table saw with a table or bench sized leg.

[@bentswoodworking]

I agree

[@marcushaaland4338]

With the stretchers in the joint. Does it make a difference in strength if you use the cutout on top of one joint, then the cut out on the bottom of the other joint?

[@bentswoodworking]

Not sure I know what you are asking

[@marcushaaland4338]

I read it and I understand. So on this one joint, you cut dados out of 2 stretchers that connect to other joints. You put one stretcher on top of the other to connect it inside the joint. If you put the one stretcher on top on one joint, do you put a dado in the bottom on the other side for strength or doesn’t it matter

[@thomasarussellsr]

Nice fit. The slight offset of the leg to the runners would be a nice touch on a furniture piece, it would allow the top to appear to be floating over the leg. That would be great if using a glass top where it is able to be seen. Plus, the end-grain of the legs can still breath. Great video, SUB'd. Edit: $327.00 for the dado stack is out of my price range, is there a more affordable stack you would recommend?

[@bentswoodworking]

There are plenty of other dado stacks at a lower cost. I have good things about the Freud dado stacks.

[@thomasarussellsr]

@@bentswoodworking thanks.

[@bkelevate]

Is this a good joint for a bed frame?

[@bentswoodworking]

I think it would be a good joint for most things

[@CoffeyCustomBuilds]

Great video man! That's gonna be one lucky dog!

[@bentswoodworking]

🤣🤣 thanks bro!

[@leahannwhite1111]

👍💓!!

[@christianjanes]

Great video thanks. Do you reduce the noise on the sound with software? It makes your voice sound like it whistles! Sorry I know you must work super hard on these videos.

[@bentswoodworking]

I had some audio issues from the start on this video. Didn’t have time to reshoot it

[@justinjones9255]

Really good video however one technical note. Something must be going on with your microphone or audio settings as there is a really sharp “ssss” at the end of all of your Ss. High pitched.

[@bentswoodworking]

I had some audio issues

[@justinjones9255]

Bent's Woodworking No bigs. Unfortunately some ‘Tubers go through multiple videos without realizing something is amiss. Just wanted to make sure you were aware. Keep up the great work!

[@benvinje]

I think I’m going to give this a try. I’m thinking of an “in box” for my desk so the joint remains exposed. Thanks for the inspiration and instructions

[@bentswoodworking]

You’re welcome!!

[@mhaz49]

Excellent, but sound quality needs improving.. Distance from camera mike too far in echoing room.

[@stevetobias4890]

Great video, had fun watching but the audio was shocking, cutting in and out very fast making it kinda annoying.

[@bentswoodworking]

Yeah I had some audio issues and didn’t have time to reshoot the video.

[@johnslaughter5475]

Actual video on doing the joint is good. Way too wordy.

[@bentswoodworking]

Thanks for your input

[@all4myutube]

Guy, you talk too much, brevity please.

[@bentswoodworking]

Guy, this may not be the channel for you

[@achardjc]

I only watched your video for a few seconds but stopped it because the audio quality was so poor. Sorry.