Definition of lap joint
: a joint made by overlapping two ends or edges and fastening them together
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Start the half-lap joints on the legs by notching the two outside lines with a circular saw set to a depth of 1½ inches.
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Our entire design is built by the same methodologies as the way a boat was built, with all of the lap joints, the pegs, the fasteners, the pulleys.
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1823
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