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20 March 2017 at 8:28 pm
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If your mortise is right through the glue line, the grain structure will be intact above and below the hole. Along the glue line, the grain structure is cut open and therefore weaker. I hope this explanation makes sense to you, I can’t put it better.
Anyway, why bother, if you have the choice? Even if there is no explanation, I am sure, that Paul Sellers wouldn’t have mentioned it, if it weren’t important.
Dieter