tenon
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PROJECT: DIY Table Saw Tenoning Jig
Cut crisp, clean tenons quickly and safely with this helpful shop jig. Suitable for any table saw, this jig can be built out of plywood, scraps and easy-to-find hardware.
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How to Chamfer Large-diameter Dowels?
I have been chamfering smaller-diameter dowels for years, but I would like a way to do the same thing on larger dowels, up to about 2 inches in diameter.
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Infinity Mega Dado & Planer Bit
Two-inch cutting width should make quick work of tenons and flattening tasks.
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Cutting Tenons with a Dado Blade
Make short work of cutting tenons with a stacked dado blade.
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Accounting for Cross-grain Wood Movement on Breadboard Ends?
How should I make the joinery on breadboard ends so the center panel can expand and contract?
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Mortise Chisels
Take a closer look at this often misunderstood woodworking chisel. Learn how to cut a mortise using a London pattern mortise chisel.
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Hand Cutting Mortise and Tenons
Hand cutting mortises and tenons is not difficult, but you must pay special attention to cutting each part in the right order.
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Mortise and Tenon: Know the Parts
Identifying the anatomy of mortise and tenons.
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Stick with What Works
A couple years ago, I invested in a popular loose-tenon joinery system to see how that would work for me. As a tool reviewer, I’m always anxious to try a new gizmo on for size, and this tool was getting a lot of buzz. Heck, a faster, easier way to make mortise-and-tenon joinery. Sounded good to me!
Well, the product came, and I put it to work on my next few projects. It did the job swimmingly, chomping mortise after mortise in good time. The cuts were clean, the setup was pretty easy and those loose tenons dropped right into place. Really, there was no part of the operation I could complain about.
But as time went on, that new tool got less use than it first did. I ended up switching back to making M&Ts the way I’ve always done them: mortising on the drill press, followed by tenon-cutting on the table saw.
