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   David_McCaulley | Oct 09, 2001 03:40am | #1

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   Welcome to the real world of weekend projects. Cut the panels square, break out the biscuit joiner and assembling away we go. Stain it, then put a coat of wax down and shellac over it (from another thread) Nobody wants to spend the time to do traditional joinery anymore because it takes to long to do a project. If it can't be done in 2 days, forget it.
   Dave in Pa.

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   Danford_C._Jennings | Oct 09, 2001 03:39pm | #2

   *Pat,Maybe I misread, mitred mortise and tenon? Or are the stiles to be mitred along one edge? Any who, maybe you can get your hands on the April 2001 (# 148) issue ofi Fine WoodWorking, it has a very good article on joint strength, biscuits were the weakest and show it to your friend. FWIW.Dano

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   Major_H._Patterson | Oct 09, 2001 04:26pm | #3

   *Dano: This was intended to be tongue in cheek. I failed in my attempt at humor to add that the miter was the intersection at the conflux of the two lines of sticking along the inside edges of the rails and stiles.The most common solution now being the use of stile and rail cutters to produce a coped joint. This imaginary friend does every thing in the old manner,and looks down at my shop full of old and heavy shop machinery. I have the highest regard for the work produced by the old craftsmen.They worked at their craft using the best tools and materials available to them at the time. I must believe that if they were working today, that they would be grateful for and use, the modern tools and materials that we take for granted. ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬PAT¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬

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   Danford_C._Jennings | Oct 09, 2001 04:37pm | #4

   *Pat,Ah, I didn't catch your drift, sorry.I do agree with you on the use of machinery. As I've said elsewhere; it still takes skill to fabricate a piece of furniture whether done completely by hand, completely by machine, or combination of the two; if this were not true, we would call it "toolsmanship". FWIW.Dano

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   Ron_Brese | Oct 10, 2001 10:58pm | #5

   *b From the Workshop of Ron BreseI quess he wasn't talking about very old folks after all. At least not anyone older than Norm.Ron

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   Ron_Brese | Oct 11, 2001 03:08am | #6

   *b From the Workshop of Ron BreseMajor I decided early on that I did not want to be limited to the profiles offered in cope and stick cutters. The picture that I attached to this reply shows a corner cupboard door that has the rail and stile joined with mortise and tenon. The stile is back cut the depth of the profile and the miter on the rail and stile is cut with a chisel guided by a shooting board. With this process you can use any profile that you can cut into the inside edges of the door frame parts.

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   Major_H._Patterson | Oct 11, 2001 03:44am | #7

   *Ron:I could not open the attachment but I am familiar with the method that you describe. I am afraid that I did not do a very good job of wording my initial posting.I do know of people who go to great lengths to espouse the old construction methods, and then in a hidden area.slip in a modern detail.¬¬¬¬¬¬PAT¬¬¬¬¬