Re: Getting rolling - dadoes, mortises and tenons
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:41 pm
T-t-t-t-time for tenons!
First I used the bandsaw to kerf the waste:
You could of course use a handsaw for the same thing.
Then I removed most of the waste, also using a bandsaw (you could use a coping saw or chisel):
From here it is a matter of using a paring guide and a sharp chisel to trim the end grain clean, however I elected to use a router and cut the end grain directly using a bottom bearing bit. The result:
Here I've placed the tenoned end board atop the mortised side board. The mortises have not been trimmed clean yet, nor have the tenons been trimmed to a precise height nor have they been diminished by 1/16" each face to target thickness of 0.375" Things are at an intermediate stage.
I will do that tenon width dimensioning work on the router table sometime next week.
Note: if you are doing all these steps by hand, it may make more sense to follow a different sequence - for you to diminish the board end by 1/16" each side (using a filister rebate plane or similar), before laying out and cutting the tenons.
I also moved the handle a little further along today, kerfing the backside on a tablesaw:
You can see that the tongue portion is defined by the cuts, the tongue left about 1/32" fat on each side at this stage. I will complete the sizing of the handle's tongue portion next week on the router table. I have my reasons for doing it this way. If you are cutting these tongue out using, say, saws and corner cutting/shoulder planes, you would proceed a bit differently.
First I used the bandsaw to kerf the waste:
You could of course use a handsaw for the same thing.
Then I removed most of the waste, also using a bandsaw (you could use a coping saw or chisel):
From here it is a matter of using a paring guide and a sharp chisel to trim the end grain clean, however I elected to use a router and cut the end grain directly using a bottom bearing bit. The result:
Here I've placed the tenoned end board atop the mortised side board. The mortises have not been trimmed clean yet, nor have the tenons been trimmed to a precise height nor have they been diminished by 1/16" each face to target thickness of 0.375" Things are at an intermediate stage.
I will do that tenon width dimensioning work on the router table sometime next week.
Note: if you are doing all these steps by hand, it may make more sense to follow a different sequence - for you to diminish the board end by 1/16" each side (using a filister rebate plane or similar), before laying out and cutting the tenons.
I also moved the handle a little further along today, kerfing the backside on a tablesaw:
You can see that the tongue portion is defined by the cuts, the tongue left about 1/32" fat on each side at this stage. I will complete the sizing of the handle's tongue portion next week on the router table. I have my reasons for doing it this way. If you are cutting these tongue out using, say, saws and corner cutting/shoulder planes, you would proceed a bit differently.