Screwed batten¶
joints.screwed_batten
A batten screwed to a board (e.g. the ledge of a door, seen from the back), two 4 mm screws in countersunk clearance holes.
Parameters¶
| Parameter | Default |
|---|---|
screw_length |
30 |
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, 10 deep, drill point 118 deg, in top_face, 90 and 410 from left_end; centered, for a 4 x 30 screw
batten 400 x 60 x 20 mm oak
- 2 x clearance hole ø4.5, countersunk ø8, 90 deg, in top_face, 40 from left_end and right_end; centered, for a 4 x 30 screw
Code¶
From woodwright/examples/joints.py, which imports the names it uses (see From an example to your own design):
def screwed_batten(screw_length: float = 30) -> Assembly:
"""A batten screwed to a board (e.g. the ledge of a door, seen from the
back), two 4 mm screws in countersunk clearance holes."""
asm = Assembly("screwed_batten")
board = asm.add(Board("board", OAK, length=500, width=150))
batten = asm.add(Board("batten", 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}))
return asm
Exported with woodwright 0.9.0 on 2026-10-25.