View Poll Results: Square the mortice or round the tenon?

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  • Square the mortice

    13 34.21%
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    22 57.89%
  • What's a mortice?

    3 7.89%
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  1. #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by craigb
    To whom is this observation addressed outback? :confused:
    Silent and Driver, the accounting counters, counting counts countingly.
    Boring signature time again!

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    Yeah but your opinion doesn't count
    "I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."

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    I do most of my mortise and tenon joints using darkside methods - mortice chisels, handsaws, shoulder plane(s).

    I occasionally use an electric router for the mortises.

    At all times I square the mortises and the tenons.


    As has been stated many times before, I do woodwork as a most enjoyable pastime so the little extra effort is all part of the pleasure for me.

    If I was making pieces commercially, I would take shortcuts that hurry the job along but don't compromise the quality.
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    Quote Originally Posted by outback
    Silent and Driver, the accounting counters, counting counts countingly.
    but counts are useful!
    Quote Originally Posted by silentc
    I beg your pardon, what did you just call me?!!
    Darren don't start that yankie phobia all over again or we'll have another rash of Outback wondering if he's one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by silentC
    How can a mortice and tenon be there simply for looks? You can't see it!! ....
    True, in most cases, Silent. But what about a through tennon, maybe with a wedge in it for a knockdown bench or just for decoration in a coffee table etc? how many of you will round the tennon in this case.

    for the record,i used to be a "round the tennon" man, following George's advice on the triton dvd, but now i follow martin's advice and square the tennon, cos its far more accurate to do, and nearly as quick. it results in a much better joint

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    True, in most cases, Silent. But what about a through tennon, maybe with a wedge in it for a knockdown bench or just for decoration in a coffee table etc? how many of you will round the tennon in this case.
    Yes but it's not just there for looks is it? It's a practical joint that has been prettied up.

    Rocker said:
    I merely maintain that it is rarely necessary for the joint to have the maximum possible theoretical strength; and that, if a rounded or chamfered tenon has only, say, 85% of the strength of a square one, it is normally speaking still plenty strong enough for its purpose.
    And Lou said:
    Totally agree if the joinery is there simply for looks its a no brainer.
    Which, as far as I'm concerned, makes no sense at all because you can't see the tenon in the situation that was being discussed. But I don't know why that surprises me.

    And yes I have seen through tenons that have been rounded
    "I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."

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    I am currently in the process of making two loft beds for my young lads and have nearly finished the ends which consisted of 48 mortice & tennon joints. As I am lazy I have made the mortices on a jig and used a 19mm router bit to make through mortices, I then made the tennons the correct size for a squared off tennon and then rounded them off with a 7.5mm round over bit. There is a small amount of rasp work to do but a hell of a lot less than cleaning out the mortices with a chisel. To add some strength and add a decorative touch to the beds, I am going to wedge the joints. Standby for photos of the finished product in the next couple of years.

    Corbs
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  8. #38
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    Definitely square for me. IF i do it then i do it properly.

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