Drawbore Mortice & Tenon: Square Pegs (Method 2)
Posted 15 June 2015
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Square drawbore pegs are a feature commonly used in craftsman style furniture. Paul goes through how to drill and then square the exterior of the hole and shape the peg to fit.
To see part 1 (round pegs) click here
I didn’t quite get how you can make a square peg top on both sides . . . Do you have make a square sectioned peg and hole?
Hello John,
This one is just square on the outside face, but round on the inside face. To be square on both sides you would indeed have to make a square hole and peg.
Hello John,
as i understood it Paul said that you should make the dowel shorter so there is room for a square plug which you insert from the other side just as he does in Craftsman Style Bookends: Episode 3.