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Mortice and tenon joints for garden furniture

Posted by Phil Voice on March 29, 2010 at 8:40am
This is a question that is sort of aimed at Chris Nangle but I would be delighted to hear the views and thoughts of anyone else. I have a combination machine (Kity 2600) and if I wanted to make a tenon in a small piece of stock I would either run it through the spindle moulder or progressively through the circular saw using the fence as a stop. I also have a Holtz-Profi band saw so making tenons on small work is easy...I have this covered. I also use biscuit joints for small pieces but I would like to make a garden bench and show off the mortice and tenon joints as part of the piece. Trying to hold a 2-3 metre length of stock in place is difficult for me. If it's a really rustic piece, I am confident enough with a chainsaw. I have made a small garden bench but the stock lengths are relatively short and posed no problem - simple garden bench. How are you creating a tenon joint on a long piece of wood (say 2-3m)? I would be delighted to have your advice :)
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Tags: bench, chair, furniture, garden, mortice, table, tenon, woodworking
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  • Nick Steele March 29, 2010 at 10:43am
    Can't you just cut it by hand, with a saw? I'm old enough to have done "O"-level woodwork, before the days of machinery, and thats how i learned to do it.
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    Phil Voice March 29, 2010 at 10:59am
    Hi Nick

    I'm comfortable with a hand saw and chisel for small joints but I've always struggled when cutting with the grain on larger work; a small wander off and I tend to get an ill-fitting joint. It's not so bad doing one or two joints by hand I guess.
  • Tim Haywood March 29, 2010 at 1:47pm
    I'd use a sliding mitre saw to remove the waste in lots of passes and then clean up with a chisel but, unless you have a decent table or set of stands with a roller on, the timber is tricky to move with much precision and still keep tight to the fence. How about using a router with a depth stop?
  • chris nangle March 29, 2010 at 5:58pm
    hi phil
    ,do you have a sliding table on your saw? make a mdf side table to support the wood.
    or as tim says use a router to cut the tennons you can clamp all the bits together use the fence from the router to cut the shoulders and work out or clamp a straight edge to use as a guide for the shoulders either way is nice and easy 3 meters is a bloody big bench mate i look forward to seeing the results feel free to fire more questions over i am always happy to help
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    Phil Voice March 29, 2010 at 8:29pm
    Hi Tim

    Yes, have used the mitre saw (although only just got a sliding one) - it's usually just the shoulder that's the tough bit...a little bit of movement off of square and it's easy to get a small gap.

    I've been quite successful with the router (one of my favourite tools) although it can be a real pain to keep moving fences and clamps etc. My best mate over hear makes jigs for repetitive work.

    Thanks Chris

    Yes.... 3m is a bit long:-O0)

    Yes, I have a sliding table - I did borrow a large table with rollers on when I made my doors - that was a great help to me.

    I won't be making a bench for a while...I'm actually making a new kitchen unit at the moment:)

    Cheers

    Phil
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