Woodworking #10 (Pt.1)- Tenons Anyone?

[mateoboschify]

I just made a tenon jig for my router and made several 1/4 inch by 3/8 tall tenons on 3/4 hard maple. I see you suggest 3/8 inch tenons. Do you think I will be OK with a 1/3 of the width tenon?

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@mateoboschify sure. I just use those figures as guidelines but I break the rules all the time.

[mprimecoleman]

Hmm...I have noticed your bulging biceps.

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@mprimecoleman ummm....lol

[mprimecoleman]

@TheWoodWhisperer btw, I was referring to 9:05.

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@mprimecoleman lol I totally forgot about that part. Didn't even get my own joke, lol. Well this was recorded about 4 years ago so I guess I'm allowed to forget the details. :)

[siflrock]

a hipster woodworker? O.o

[toneslingercliff]

Great overview

Crazy videotography. Notice at approx 5 min in. You hoddy zipper looks like the extension cord behind u is hanging over ur shoulder. ;)

[GameVoid]

Where is Woodworking #9?

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@GameVoid that may be one we never got around to posting. You can see it on our website, however. :)

[Stupchek]

@TheWoodWhisperer What music do you use in your tutorials?

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@Stupchek its all just royalty-free tracks from Apple

[differentclassradio]

Great Video very insightful, hoping to save myself 3 grand by personal study and this series helps a lot. Keep it up - apart from the whole feet and inches thing

[momzacarp]

Great series! I'm a pocket screw fan, since my training didn't include a lot of (meaning no) joinery. Usually these videos are done by gruff, grizzly old carps, it's great to see a cute, knowledgeable and well spoken young guy doing this stuff...:D

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@momzacarp You had me at cute! ;)

[sublimedog]

can i use that chisel bit on a regular drill press

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@sublimedog Nope.  But they do sell adapter kits.

[8taylormade5]

you are the shit man! i make furniture for a living, but have pretty much no one to teach me, as i am the only one who makes the furniture at our store. this stuff really helps, thanks again!

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@8taylormade5 haha thanks buddy! 

[uplarry]

A dual biscuit joint has been proven to be stronger than a mortise and tenon joint.

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@uplarry I wouldn't put my money on that.

[aberdeendeltaforce]

i bought the leigh fmt morticeand tennon jig, takes all the guess work out of m&t's, i can cut them by hand but that just takestoo dam long, but i have to say your a true craftsman, you experiment like me and work out the best way with what you got. cheers

[picbuck]

Ummm...just for the record, there's no long-grain-to-long-grain at all in a mortise and tenon joint. None. The joint is entirely cross-grain.

However there's a relatively huge glue surface, and the bare joint itself has mechanical strength when it's well fitted. This is why they last pretty much forever.

[TheWoodWhisperer]

I have to disagree with you, although I think this is really just a terminology issue. Yes the joint is cross-grain, but it is still also long-grain to long grain. Just because the boards are oriented 90 degrees to one another does not mean it isn't a long grain bond. The only time it is NOT a long grain bond is when end-grain is involved. And although a mortise and tenon has some end to long grain, the vast majority of the joint is long grain to long grain.

[lolland30]

It is long grain -long grain, cross grain joints are weak because the glue surface of at least one surfase is the end of a board, where glue gets absorbed.

[SuburbanDon]

I just sold my hollow chisel mortiser. I found that cleaning up the mortise with a chisel was tedious and tended to make each mortise not identical with the others. So I had to fine tune each tenon. For me, a plunge router is the way to go. Much faster.

[SuburbanDon]

Great title !!!

[LockeF83]

Dangit, what IS that piece of music at the end? The Lie-Nielsen channel uses exactly the same piece...

[TheWoodWhisperer]

Pretty much anyone who edits on a Mac has access to the same royalty-free songs. So you should hear a lot of similar songs from podcast to podcast.

[ron1martens]

Can you also speak in metric? For instance if you use 19mm thick material the mortice will be one third. At around 3 min 10 sec a fescool was mentioned. I hope you include metric in your demos. Thanks good show.

[Gazooo29]

Is that a Triton Router or Dewalt

[TheWoodWhisperer]

That's a DeWalt 621.

[TheWoodWhisperer]

That is the DW621.

[SpudCrushr]

What is the model number of that router? I'm looking for one that is able to cut a barrel channel for a custom rifle stock.

[TheWoodWhisperer]

Hey Kev. There will always be a delay with your comments showing up. I moderate them.

As far as rounding over tenons, I don't really get too precise. I just round them over enough so that they fit. Trying to round over an integral tenon with a router is going to be very tricky. So a few swipes with a chisel does the trick in short order.

[kevbo7s]

Sorry for all the posts, it wasn't posting my comment so I kept trying, GUH! So you round your tenons with a chisel? Thats easier than a straight bit and a jig maybe? I like how fast your set up time is for your mortis and tenons, so I'm suprised that your say that you freehand the radius on your tenons.

[kevbo7s]

Mark, How would you round over your tenons?

[TheWoodWhisperer]

Just with a chisel. Nothing real fancy.

[kevbo7s]

Mark, how would YOU round over your tenons? Do you have a post showing that? As far as I've seen theres a jig involved.

[netszk]

Great video. I am a beginner, and it helps me a lot to watch this videos.

[industrialdolphin]

but surely, us wood workers dont need telling how to make a mortice and tenon joint? its like telling a mechanic what the dip sticks for

no ill keep watching your vids if they have something informative to offer the common wood worker

[TheWoodWhisperer]

Interesting logic.

[Themartialartist90]

Perhaps you 'Woodworkers' Should choose a way to spell mortise, Preferably the right way and stick with it.

[Adambrew]

Perhaps you should limit your use of capital letters in a sentence.

[TheWoodWhisperer]

Nope. Generally the sides of the mortise are called the sides of the mortise. The flat face of the tenon is indeed referred to as the cheek. I imagine its a reference to the human body, and the perpendicular relationship between our shoulder and our cheek.

[Banakaal]

Hmmm... Then my woodwork teacher of 50 years ago was wrong huh? I would put him right, but he is no longer with us!

I guess that must be another contrary example of the common language that divides our two great nations.WW! Power to your elbow my friend. regards JW ~winks~

[Jazzwayze]

Aren't the 'cheeks' in fact the sides of the mortise, rather than the sides of the tenon? I.e. cheeks surround an orifice! (No crudity intended)

[votejamie08]

hate your shirt. love your work.

[SaintBozman]

Wow, i am impressed. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and skill. You are a good communicator. This is applicable to us average joe woodworker that doesn't have a $100,000 delta woodworking shop. ya know the kind of host who says, now i'll just run this over to my mortiser then presto and your like, what the heck just happened.

[hydeph]

pocket screw fan

[VeryTucker]

yaya

[GoTumTube]

Great video and instructor

[chains1240]

Exactly what I was looking for. Great teacher and flow of information.

[russcarljohnson]

I don't understand what is wrong with screws. Aside from leaving the screw holes, would not screws be just as strong as glue?

[guestjacob]

Screws are not even close to the strength of a glued mortise and tenon.

[hankcampbell]

Great Video !