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If you haven't already, check out this youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Matthiaswandel

Ah yes, reminds me of the night when I was binge watching Japanese woodworking videos. That dovetail joint, man.

Stronger than wood, in fact. A properly assembled glue joint will be the last thing to break on a wooden part. That reminds me that I should really get back to working on that desk I was building... months ago.

> Stronger than wood, in fact. A properly assembled glue joint will be the last thing to break on a wooden part.

With the caveat that depending on grain orientation w.r.t. the joint, wood movement[1] can very significantly weaken some glued joints to a tiny fraction of their original strength, in a surprisingly short period of time. IIRC, Matthias Wandel (aka the Woodgears.ca guy) referenced above has a nice example of a poor joint vs. glue design in one of his videos, but I forget which one. :-/

[1] Primarily due to expansion and contraction due to changes in ambient humidity.

Welding is also very strong, but it has limitations and weaknesses.