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   eddiefromAustralia | Dec 20, 2002 01:14pm | #1

   Here's a picture from a book long out of print.  Pegged joints have misaligned holes drilled through the side of the M&T, so that when a dowel peg is driven through the joint, the joint is tightened up as the dowel pulls the holes in to alignment.

   Question:  how do you plan to use this joint to make drawers? I can't see how this might work with thin timber - there may be other options.

   Cheers,  eddie

   
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   BHosch | Dec 20, 2002 10:14pm | #2

   What is the name of the book?

   Looks interesting.

   Bob

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   eddiefromAustralia | Dec 21, 2002 12:49pm | #6

   Bob,

   Book is "Woodwork, in Theory and Practice", JA Walton, 3rd Ed, 1963,  Australasian Publishing Co, Sydney.  Long out of print.

   Sprucegum,

   Fox Wedged joints are tricky to make - you're right.  Repeating my earlier point, I  fail to see how this can be considered a suitable joint for a drawer.

   Cheers, eddie

   edit: spelling mistake

   Edited 12/21/2002 4:51:08 AM ET by eddie (aust)

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   Sprucegum | Dec 21, 2002 09:54am | #5

   My personal uneducated opinion is:

   This type of joinery is intended for tables or benches where you are dealing with thick, heavy material requiring a strong joint. I made a similar joint when i fastened the legs to the top of my roll-top desk but I cheated and put the tenons right through the top and then drove the wedges in. I am apparently the only one who notices the fancy joinery and I have no worries about wiggles or squeaks.

   I also tried the hidden wedges on a three-legged stool but I couldn't figure out how to calculate precisely what size wedge to use ; so I used my intuition and lots of glue and hit it with a real big hammer. It worked!It's not what you chew, it's how you chew it

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   Jamie_Buxton | Dec 20, 2002 11:51pm | #3

   I'll try describing what I think you mean.   The joint would be used to fasten the drawer sides to the drawer front.   On the back of the drawer front, there is a vertical slot -- the mortise.  On the front of the drawer side there is a tenon that fits into the mortise.   It is a stub tenon because it doesn't show on the drawer front.   On the vertical edge of the drawer front there are holes that pass through the tenon.  Pegs go into those holes and secure the side to the front.  You can see the heads of the pegs when you look at the sides of the assembled drawer.

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   JAllen9301 | Dec 21, 2002 07:53am | #4

   As you describe it, the guy would likely be drilling his peg holes into end grain on the vertical sides of the drawer front. Seems like that would be an unnecessary headache; I can't help but wonder if he would be better served with a rabbet and dado joint.