Tusk Tenon Shelf

And I tried a new look with the Tusk Tenons. I made a pattern to make matching tenons. Drilled holes and jig sawed the peg holes. Also a pattern and layout for the slots for the tenons. Jig saw work here also. The sides are 48 in by 9 in. the shelves are 30 inch by 9 in. and the two mid shelves sit in 1/4 in dados. I took a few practice cuts on scrap with the table saw and miter gauge to hit my lines and made cuts with the table saw for the dados with a table saw. This was fast and accurate. Later an easy chisel clean out. The tenons took a lot of sanding by hand…what a task. In assembly I used trim screws with predrilled holes in the dados and one in between each tenon to add more strength. I left some unstained spots for glue and prestained the boards and pegs. I also marked the back edge of the shelves with numbers then after assembly went back and stained those spots. The trim screws are so slight I did not fill the holes, and the glue and screw does more than the pegs. The assembly was a bit of jump and juggle even with the tenons holding the parts until I added the screws to grab shelf. This is for my wife’s office and many many books so it should fill the bill. Poplar and Early American stain Varithane.