Making Wooden Wall Brackets: Episode 3
Posted 29 June 2016
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Having transferred the layout of the crossmember, it can be cut to length at the appropriate angles. The tenons are then laid out, taking particular care with the angled shoulders. We are then ready to cut the mortises in preparation for cutting the tenons. Paul split cuts one tenon and saws the other to width, then cuts the haunches.
Thanks for this, I learn something with every episode. I like that bracket a lot.
Steve
excellent
I just got mine – about a day late.
Thank you for the lesson.
Over the Years I have seen and built a few brackets but never as well built and solid as this unit. You could hang a battle ship with this one. Simple but solid. You have tought us a lot but this really is a key lesson of keep it simple, keep it squad,, and keep it accurate..
Thank you Paul
Thanks master Paul.
Would it help to replace the cutter on the Preston router to gain more leverage? Is it too much of a hassle?
Hello Jake, I’m not sure what you mean. Do you mean to use a different type of cutter.
As an engineer, I chuckled at the 12 min mark 😉
The tenon that Paul cuts in this video has shoulders on 3 sides instead of on all 4 sides (which seems to be more standard).
Is there a reason there isn’t (or couldn’t be) a shoulder on the 4th side towards the bottom of the vertical piece of the bracket)?
I imagine one reason could be that cutting a shoulder on this 4th side would result in a vertex that would be prone to fracturing.
I asked Paul and he said the 4th side is not needed