Does anybody have some tips/tricks for mortise and tenon work? I have a band saw , hole hawg, and a sharp chisel. Other than the tools you will normally find on a job site what do I need?
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Why on earth are you making M&T joints on the job site? In my mind, that's shop work.
Not an answer to your question, but a pointer. You'll find lots of discussion on M&T tools and techniques in the archives at our Knots, the fine woodworking forum next door. Use the Advanced Search button, near the top of the left hand frame. You may need to try both mortise and mortice in the search string, as well as tenon and tendon, and possibly tennon.
Use the Advanced Search button, near the top of the left hand frame. You may need to try both mortise and mortice in the search string, as well as tenon and tendon, and possibly tennon.
Uncle Dunc, are you hinting that their spelling is just as bad?
Well, you know. The spelling cops aren't exactly welcomed with open arms here. I have to find some way to get my little digs in.
Ditto U. D. Go to the Knots forum, but tell them more about what kind of stuff you want to join with this detail. Fine furniture? Rustic chairs and tables? Timber frame members? Logs?
Tools could be forstner bits, drill, bandsaw, mortising chisels, tablesaw, shoulder rabbet plane, paring chisels, drill press, hollow chisel mortiser, chain saw, and more. It all depends on what you want to do.
"Does anybody have some tips/tricks for mortise and tenon work? I have a band saw , hole hawg, and a sharp chisel. Other than the tools you will normally find on a job site what do I need?"
Jawbone,
Milling machine or CNC. Takes seconds to do
"Milling machine or CNC. Takes seconds to do."
Absolutely, get yourself a Busellato or Heian and some good upshear cutters and you're mortising!
Seriously, if you're mortising roughly for construction purposes, an easy way to to hog out material with a series of forstner-bit holes, and then clean up with a chisel. Tenons are harder... bandsaw is good, so is a tenon jig for the table saw. What are you making?
Exactly what are you doing, post and beam or finish work?
Alright, its tennon I didn't know how to spell it until I asked a Quaker. I am doing post and beam with 8X8 clear cedar posts to 8X10 beams.
No, it's not tennon. The preferred spelling is tenon. I suggested searching under tennon, because some people do spell it that way and their posts might have useful information.
Edited 3/16/2004 12:35 am ET by Uncle Dunc
In that case you will want to set yourself up with some Mafell tools(888-736-3812) They make big capacity tools for timber framers that cost big$ Nice stuff though.
The time honored method was to use a handheld auger and Mortice chisels..tenons were cut with a tenon saw (gee what a concept) and a chisel or slick to pare to final size..for just a few, like less than 75..I'll take the time to just do'em that way..for a full time business..buy special tools.
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Your right of course but most guys here like having an excuse to buy more tools. Which is why there is over 1800 entries in the 'what tool did you buy today' thread
ah..just buy a zillion dolar chisel..those suckas can be pricy..my slick was 70.00..that counts.View Image
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OK, cut the mortice with your hole hawg and a wing bit. then make a template that matches the mortice. Mark your depth on the post. temporarily screw the template to the bottom of the post and rough cut with a hand saw to get it close. dress it up with a slick. you might want to make a gage to check your tennnnon. its not the traditional way but its fast.