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Does species matter for sliding dovetail tabletop battens?
August 15, 2022

Question on sliding dovetail batten for tabletop. Tabletop is cherry panel, three boards, ~40" wide. Want to add sliding dovetail batten to attach legs, mostly for aesthetics but also to…
Door Mortise Construction
July 15, 2022

I am building a large wine cellar door (48 x 80) that will have an inset antique Indian "tiger door". Stock is 2.25" stave constructed with oak veneer. Design will…
Reducing Tenon Thickness
July 7, 2022

I am building a plant stand with mortise and tenon joinery out of hickory. The tenons are 1.5 long, .5 deep and .28 thick. I made them a little too…
Laminating tops
July 4, 2022

I am struggling to find a planer/thicknesser wide enough to plane my laminated tops.I am quite new to lamination as my sawmill generally took care of that, however, would like…
Table base glue-up help
July 4, 2022

I’m making my first table (it’s a narrow table for behind the couch - 60” L x 14” W x 34” H). Using mortise and tenon for the bottom of…
Mortising a full timber?
June 30, 2022

Hi,I've created a solution for handrail posts involving sinking an entire 2 x 2" post into a mortise, set into a much larger timber below. No tenon, no shoulder. The…
Kevin Rodel Settle
June 15, 2022

I'm creating a Sketchup model of Kevin Rodel's Prairie Settle from FWW #199 (July/Aug 2008) since the plans mentioned in the article no longer appear in the Taunton store. I've…
Wide Panel Glue-up
June 5, 2022

I need to glue-up two boards that will be wider than my 8 inch jointer. Here is what I was thinking for doing this, was hoping to get some feedback.1.…
Groove depth on frame and panel construction
May 31, 2022

I have a frame and panel back to build for this chest of drawers project I'm working on and am at the point of cutting the panel grooves in the…
Is This Strong Enough?
May 26, 2022

I modeled a Serving Cart based on T. Frid's design in his Book 3 (pages 108 - 120). I noticed that I did not do the tenons, mortises like T.…

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