{"id":595,"date":"2012-08-26T00:03:23","date_gmt":"2012-08-26T05:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skoglundwoodwork.com\/?p=595"},"modified":"2012-08-26T00:33:41","modified_gmt":"2012-08-26T05:33:41","slug":"what-do-you-mean-mortise-and-tenon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skoglundwoodwork.com\/?p=595","title":{"rendered":"What Do You Mean, ‘Mortise and Tenon?’"},"content":{"rendered":"

When asked what timber framing is all about, where do I start? \u00a0The timbers make sense to most people, but the mention of mortise and tenon joinery is usually met with glassy stares and confusion. \u00a0So.<\/p>\n

When two timbers meet\u00a0perpendicular-like, one good way to join them is with a mortise and tenon. \u00a0It’s the traditional way to do it since it doesn’t require any fasteners. \u00a0Back then I guess labor was cheaper than nails, but it sure isn’t any more. \u00a0Without getting into a long winded discussion about why we’d spend the time to do it this way, let’s just say that we are and move on.<\/p>\n

Long story short, you make a tenon on one timber and cut a mortise in the other. \u00a0Once the tenon is stuck into the mortise, you drill a hole or two and pound a peg in there to hold everything tight.<\/p>\n

Let’s start with the tenon:<\/p>\n

First you lay it out:<\/p>\n

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See the tenon in there? \u00a0This layout is wrapped around the whole timber.<\/em><\/p>\n

Next you make the end cuts of the tenon:<\/p>\n

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This piece has two (end and heel) since it’s an angled tenon for a brace at a pitch. \u00a0Both of these cuts have to be made from both sides (for a total of four cuts), since this is an 8″x8″ timber and the deepest cut you can make is 6″ deep.<\/em><\/p>\n

Once the timber is rolled up, it’s time for the tenon cheek cuts:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>These cuts are done vertically, as the timbers are sitting. \u00a0Super fun.<\/em><\/p>\n

The timber is then rolled over one side and the shoulder cuts are made:\"\"<\/a>This is the most important cut because it’s the one that everyone sees!<\/em><\/p>\n

If you did it right, you should be able to whack what’s left with a big mallet and expose half of your new tenon:\"\"<\/a>OK, flip it over and do the other side:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Now you’ve gotta break out a chisel and clean this all up:\"\"<\/a>THEN repeat, repeat, repeat!\"\"<\/a>Yikes.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When asked what timber framing is all about, where do I start? \u00a0The timbers make sense to most people, but the mention of mortise and tenon joinery is usually met with glassy stares and confusion. \u00a0So. When two timbers meet\u00a0perpendicular-like, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/skoglundwoodwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/skoglundwoodwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/skoglundwoodwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/skoglundwoodwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/skoglundwoodwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=595"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/skoglundwoodwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":608,"href":"http:\/\/skoglundwoodwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595\/revisions\/608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/skoglundwoodwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/skoglundwoodwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/skoglundwoodwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}