How much gap, if any, would you leave between the end of the tenon and the bottom of the mortise? I would like to keep the gap minimal – would the glue (Titebond) squeeze out without a gap? e.g., the fit was 1/1?
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Thread: Another darn gap question…
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12-05-2006, 01:42 AM #1
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Another darn gap question…
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12-05-2006, 01:45 AM #2
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bruce, the mortise is open on one side.........it can`t go hydraulic on you...cut it as tight as you can get it and glue it up before the wood moves
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12-05-2006, 02:59 AM #3
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Thanks Tod. That was the answer I was hoping for.
"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a
friend...if you have one."
--George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second..if there is
one."
--Winston Churchill, in response
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12-05-2006, 04:49 PM #4
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Bruce
I chamfer the edges of my tenons to account for any extra glue. I usually leave only a very slight gap 1/32 or so. Just enough so that I know the tenon is not bottoming out in the mortise.
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