The Indispensable Mortise & Tenon
Drawbore it for a joint that will last centuries. I once had a visitor to my shop remark that he’d like to see a book about all the types of joints that I use. I told him it’d be a …
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Category Archives: Mortise
Hinge mortise jig for boxes
Fitting hinges is one of the greatest challenges for new boxmakers, but this jig helps get perfectly matching hinge mortises on both the box and its lid.
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Make your own copy of this precision vintage tool. Even after two years of working alone, I can still hear the visitors to my museum shop where I worked for 20 years: “My grandpa was a carpenter….” It’s a …
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How to cut fast, accurate hinge mortises
The key is to build a routing template around the hinge itself
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Practice Traditional Building Joinery on a Smaller Scale Project #2104 • Skill Level: Advanced • Time: 2 Weeks • Cost: $300 During my 14 years living in Europe, I marveled repeatedly at how these beautiful timber framed structures had withstood ……
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