Wood joints play an important role in furniture structural design. Most previous studies, however, concentrated on the static loading procedure, and only a few documents focused on cyclic loading. The effects of component species, adhesive type, load level, and cycle speed on the cyclic bending properties of wood dowel joints were investigated in this study. Properties of mortise and tenon joints were also included for comparison. The results showed that the component species had an insignificant effect. Joints glued with urea formaldehyde (UF) exhibited better cyclic bending strength than did PVAc joints. The rotation angle increased with increased load level, but the opposite trend was observed for joint stiffness and residual strength. A speed of 60 cycles/min had a greater effect on dowel joints glued with PVAc than those with UF. The square-end mortise and tenon joints had better strength properties than did dowel joints.