Hello all,
I’m building a bar-height table (40″ tall) with 3″ aprons all around. Also using stretchers as footrests to prevent racking. I’ve decided to use draw-bore pins to lock the aprons to the legs. My question is, is a single pin sufficient for a 2.25″ wide tenon ?
Happy New Year !
Erick
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A single pin should be ok for a narrow tenon. Draw boring in furniture is just dumb. Cut your joinery, pull it together with a clamp. Drill it and drive a peg through it, you're done. I do cut my pegs square and then chamfer the corners to an octagon, point with a carpenters pencil sharpener, put a spot of glue in the hole and drive home.
Draw boring is useful for timber framing but has no use in furniture making.
Draw bores are great in furniture. No waiting for glue to setup and no clamping needed. It is an incredibly strong joint.
OP, one would be fine. I tend to do two when the tenon is over 1".
Peter Follansbee's book "Joiner's Work" is a great one to pick up. There is a lot of information in there about building with draw bore joinery.
If you plan on doing a lot of draw bore mortise and tenon joints get some draw bore pins. Tools for Working Wood and Lee Valley both sell them. They are tapered metal rods that let you easily dry assemble and test fit the joint.
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