Reply To: Loose mortise and tenon joints

Hi,

We were all where you are once, and we are all just paying forward help we were given at the time. 😀

Set your marking gauge to the target width and mark the mortise and the tenon accordingly. Don’t add in anything for kerf or chisel etc.

When you come to cut the tenon just cut to the waste side of the line, leaving the line in place.

Kerf should not be an issue for the mortise as I can’t imagine how you would use a saw for that?

You can then test fit the tenon, trimming down with a router plane a tiny bit at a time, retesting often.

Good luck!

Darren.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by Darren.
• This reply was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by Darren.
• This reply was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by Darren.