Ep 8: Cutting the tenons
In this episode, Mike Pekovich cuts the through-tenons in his hanging wall cabinet and demonstrates his methods for fitting them. He also shares his tips for accurate handsawing and his overall build strategies and how they affect accuracy in everything he builds.
Jan 28, 2020
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Videos in the Series
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Ep 1: Hanging Wall Cabinet with Mike Pekovich–IntroDecember 17, 2019 -
Ep 2: Laying Out and Rabbeting the CaseDecember 17, 2019 -
Dovetailing on the Table SawDecember 24, 2019 -
Ep 4: Hand-cut pins with a twistDecember 31, 2019 -
Ep 5: Fitting the dovetailsJanuary 7, 2020 -
Through Mortise-and-Tenon LayoutJanuary 14, 2020 -
Ep 7: Drilling and chopping mortisesJanuary 21, 2020 -
Ep 8: Cutting the tenonsJanuary 28, 2020 -
Ep 9: Prefinishing and gluing up the caseFebruary 4, 2020 -
Ep 10a: Making the door frameFebruary 11, 2020 -
Ep 10b: Creating the door panel and dry-fittingFebruary 11, 2020 -
Ep 11: Sizing the kumiko gridFebruary 18, 2020 -
Ep 12: Door glue-upFebruary 25, 2020 -
Ep 13a: Fitting the doorMarch 3, 2020 -
Ep 13b: Mounting the door hingesMarch 3, 2020 -
Ep 14: Door detailsMarch 10, 2020 -
Half-Blind Dovetailed Drawer – part 1March 17, 2020 -
Half-Blind Dovetailed Drawer – part 2March 17, 2020 -
Drawer Grooves and Glue-UpMarch 17, 2020 -
Ep 16: Shiplapped back boardsMarch 24, 2020 -
Ep 17: Fitting the drawerMarch 31, 2020 -
Ep 18a: Kumiko–Asa No Ha pattern part 1April 7, 2020 -
Ep 18b: Kumiko–Asa No Ha pattern part 2April 7, 2020 -
Ep 18c: Trimming a kumiko panel to sizeApril 7, 2020 -
Ep 19: Simple shellac and wax finishApril 14, 2020 -
Ep 20a: Installing the shelf supports and hardwareApril 21, 2020 -
Ep 20b: Installing a bullet catch–ConclusionApril 21, 2020
Comments
Mr. Pekovich, I very much appreciated your comments about the three parts and the importance of getting the third part down. I try to use the same process in my work.
I'm curious: If you weren't building this piece for the video, would you have cut all the pins and tenons and then cleaned up with the router at the same time?
-Dave
Hi Dave, good question. I always do all of one task before I jump on the other, though I make sure the router stays set up the same for both.
Very good sir. A good reason to have a couple of trim routers available.
Really appreciate the comments about that third aspect of workflow design, because I wasn't thinking about it in earlier projects. I did get disappointed in myself for results that weren't precise enough. I can see that using the same marking gauge settings for both the mortise and the tenon, for example, dials the dimensions in very precisely and should be planned.
Would be a good idea to have hearing protection while using power tools, especially routers.
Hey Mike/Ben,
Since you are using the band saw to hog out the waste of the tenons, why not use the bandsaw to cut the tenons instead of a dovetail saw? Even if you had to use a fence to make sure the cuts were straight...
From Mike:
The accuracy with that particular process relies on good layout and cutting to the line. You could go at it with machines, but that would entail relying on accurate set up. Both are great, but it’s really important to understand the difference between relying on accurate set up when using machines versus relying on accurate layout for hand work. In this case, by using a bandsaw you’d be conflating the two by introducing a bandsaw fence set up in an otherwise layout driven process. Besides, even though you can cut a perfectly straight line with a bandsaw, a backsaw is a far more accurate way to hit a scribe line than a band saw.
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