Plugged screws¶
joints.plugged_screws
A thick batten screwed to a board, the screws' heads sunk in counterbores 8 mm deep, to be closed by plugs.
Parameters¶
| Parameter | Default |
|---|---|
screw_length |
35 |
Change them in a design file (see Change an example):
Drawings¶
The plans in one PDF: plans.pdf.
Cut list¶
board 500 x 150 x 20 mm oak
- 2 x pilot hole ø3, 13 deep, drill point 118 deg, in top_face, 90 and 410 from left_end; centered, for a 4 x 35 screw
batten 400 x 60 x 30 mm oak
- 2 x clearance hole ø4.5, counterbored ø10, 8 deep, in top_face, 40 from left_end and right_end; centered, for a 4 x 35 screw
Code¶
From woodwright/examples/joints.py, which imports the names it uses (see From an example to your own design):
def plugged_screws(screw_length: float = 35) -> Assembly:
"""A thick batten screwed to a board, the screws' heads sunk in
counterbores 8 mm deep, to be closed by plugs."""
asm = Assembly("plugged_screws")
board = asm.add(Board("board", OAK, length=500, width=150))
batten = asm.add(Board("batten", THICK_OAK, length=400, width=60))
asm.join(Butt(board.top_face, batten.bottom_face, across=CENTERED))
for end in (batten.left_end, batten.right_end):
asm.join(
Screw(
batten.top_face,
into=board,
length=screw_length,
at={end: 40},
head_diameter=10,
counterbore_depth=8,
)
)
return asm
Exported with woodwright 0.9.0 on 2026-10-25.