Here's A Tenon I Hadn't Made Before.
While working on my latest project I needed to place the rails toward the inside of the frame.
This presented the problem of how to make the mortise and tenons. Since the uprights were only 1-3/16" x 1-3/16" by 11" high one of the tenons would be short.
This is the solution I came up with.
I made the longer rail tenons a full 1/2" long by 3/8" thick.
I then cut the shorter side rails tenons the same size but with a 1/4" x 3/16" rabbit on their ends.
Since these joints will require minimal load-bearing I think they'll work in this application.
This added more glue surface than just cutting the tenons shorter.
I got great glue squeeze out when I clamped up the pieces.
Have any of you LJ's had to make this type of mortise and tenons before?
And how did they hold up?
Here I'm gluing on a ledge for the leaded glass to rest on.
Thanks for visiting.
Best Regards,
While working on my latest project I needed to place the rails toward the inside of the frame.
This presented the problem of how to make the mortise and tenons. Since the uprights were only 1-3/16" x 1-3/16" by 11" high one of the tenons would be short.
This is the solution I came up with.
I made the longer rail tenons a full 1/2" long by 3/8" thick.
I then cut the shorter side rails tenons the same size but with a 1/4" x 3/16" rabbit on their ends.
Since these joints will require minimal load-bearing I think they'll work in this application.
This added more glue surface than just cutting the tenons shorter.
I got great glue squeeze out when I clamped up the pieces.
Have any of you LJ's had to make this type of mortise and tenons before?
And how did they hold up?
Here I'm gluing on a ledge for the leaded glass to rest on.
Thanks for visiting.
Best Regards,