"Mal" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I am building some outdoor seating.
> Is there a simple way to cut accurate mortice and tennon joints. A jig or
> special technique to use?
> Or would biscuits be suitable.
What about loose tenons? Strikes me as perhaps stronger than biscuits and
simpler that M&T.
I've used this from time to time when I need something fast:
http://www.beadlock.com/
"JLucas ILS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >What about loose tenons? Strikes me as perhaps stronger than biscuits
and
> >simpler that M&T.
> >I've used this from time to time when I need something fast:
> >http://www.beadlock.com/
> >
>
> Ideal for chair work.
Just to add in a tad more - my Beadlock setup often annoys me. It usually
slips off the reference line at the worst possible time. It never slips
during the first three holes on 'A', only one of the two on 'B'. Slips about
10-15% of the time. Grrr.
I wouldnt depend on biscuits for holding together outdoor furniture.. You
can buy an attachment for a drill press for making mortises, or a dedicated
mortiser, whch arent really that expensive. tenons are easily made on a
tablesaw or router table. If it were me, i'd be going mortis and tenon all
the way.
"Mal" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I am building some outdoor seating.
> Is there a simple way to cut accurate mortice and tennon joints. A jig or
> special technique to use?
> Or would biscuits be suitable.
> Thanks,
> Mal
>
>
>
The Beadlock works great and are at least as strong as regular mortise and
tenon.
"tnfkajs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Mal" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I am building some outdoor seating.
> > Is there a simple way to cut accurate mortice and tennon joints. A jig
or
> > special technique to use?
> > Or would biscuits be suitable.
>
> What about loose tenons? Strikes me as perhaps stronger than biscuits and
> simpler that M&T.
> I've used this from time to time when I need something fast:
> http://www.beadlock.com/
>
>