Mortise and Tenon Joinery
A fundamental joint for furniture-making, the mortise-and-tenon joint has been time-tested. Let us show you how to make precision-fitting joints in a variety of ways including hand tools, power tools, and jigs to make the process easy and repeatable.
Long legs mean leverage that can challenge your best joints. Twin tenons trip-up twist.
No matter your tools, you can successfully cut and fit this time-tested joint.
Instead of hiding the screw heads with round plugs, emphasize it with a shallow mortise and square e
Learn what a PantoRouter is and how it can help you make repeated mortise and tenon joints with ease
Recently, I had to cut 1⁄2
"-thick, 21⁄2
"-long tenons in 3⁄4
" oak for a project. Each time, the results were a disaster.
The latest thing on my bench is a chair with a few loose legs and stretchers. One stretcher even pulls right out of its socket. How do I tighten the joints?
Is there a handheld method to make tenons in large stock?
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Tune-up tip for perfect planing
Your benchtop planer takes a beating in normal use. Give it routine maintenance like the tip below... read more