This week we are talking about the mortise and tenon joint, the furniture maker’s bread and butter.
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Dave,
Talking about wedged tenon’s you said that they had to be through tenons, a fox-wedged tenon is a hidden tenon with wedges inserted and the mortise flaired and when you drive it in the wedges spread the tenon. Here is a nice description http://sawdustmaking.com/woodjoints/mortisetenon.htm
While I know that you can’t describe all the forms of Mortise and tenon joints in a podcast, I know you don’t want to be incorrect.
Brad
Brad,
I stand corrected. I have never heard of a fox-wedged tenon before… and now that I’ve seen it, I’m pretty sure I’d never go through all that trouble to make one.
Thanks for the info!
Dave
Brad,
Holy Crow! I never would have guessed there were that many kids of mortise and tenon joints!
But, I agree with Dave, I don’t see myself ever doing anything like that. How would you ever be able to know how much displacement the wings of the tenon would be, therefore, how wide would you know how to cut the mortise?
I’d love to see someone else do it in a video though!!!
Rick
I was just reading an old(ish) woodworking magazine today, and they showed a bridle joint, calling it an “open-faced mortise”. Maybe one and the same?
Hi Eric,
Yes, I’ve heard “open-faced mortise” used as another name for the bridle joint before. It’s actually a fair description of what the basic bridle joint really is: a mortise and tenon joint where the mortise is open on one side.
Dave