Waterfall Corner Joinery

Waterfall joints are a subtle but lovely design feature that has gained popularity lately. Featured on kitchen islands in some home improvement shows, this particular type of mitered corner has become nearly ubiquitous. That’s really what we are talking about: mitered corners, conceived in such a way as to allow the grain of your panel to "flow” around the corner. So, what are the details to keep in mind when you are considering a waterfall joint? Let’s start with the most obvious: the panel from which you’ll cut your corners has to be long enough to have continuous grain — in our example here, the “waterfall” flows between the sides and the top. Our bottom panel does not have continuous grain. Next, if you are using a solidwood panel, aligning…

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Woodworker's Journal (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2024

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