The last blog was about joining the sides on the top and now this one is about joining them from the bottom. This part is going to be a little more tricky. This is my first indication that I’m actually building the beginning of what will be a giant puzzle when it comes to glue up time.
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If you’ve read the blogs before this one, you’ll remember that I made a triple mortise and a double mortise on each of the legs. If you don’t remember or didn’t see the blog, this was a picture of what the triple mortise looks like. I already made the double tenon and now it’s time to make the triple tenon.
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Mark those triple tenons out…
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Cut them…
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Cut cut cut…
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Now the formula here is to have two short tenons, and one long tenon.
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The outside tenons will meet the perpendicular rail’s tenons and the middle tenon just fits in the mortise. Well, you’ll see what I mean.
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Now all the tenons bottom out on the mortises, so I had to get creative and come up with a solution for the perpendicular tenons, and that solution was to miter the tenons.
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That last picture is the only evidence of that joint.
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As neat as it was to make, it’s completely concealed and nobody will ever know what kind of joint is in there. Oh well, I know, and you guys know it’s there.
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Tight, perpendicular, and plenty of glue surface. That should hold up, shouldn’t it?
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Then to do it three more times and assemble to make sure it all fits and looks good.
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That was fun.
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Any questions or concerns?
Crafty Puzzles
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