I'm trying to finish up that trash(ed) chair I mentioned here weeks ago.
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19 years ago
I'm trying to finish up that trash(ed) chair I mentioned here weeks ago.
How about squaring up the corners of the mortise and glueing in a solid block of oak, then cutting a new mortise in that?
Art
Thanks Art
I didn't think of that. I knew someone would have a better idea. That's what I'm going to do.
Larry
Art's fix should work well, since the tenon seems to be in pretty good shape.
An alternative fix, assuming there's enough meat in the tenoned member, would be to remove the tenon entirely and cut a corresponding mortice (or a bridle joint), then use a loose tenon between the two mortices. This is quite a common fix when the tenon has actually broken or is so chewed up with nail and screw holes that it's become weak.
Cheers
Frank
|Art's fix should work well, since the tenon seems to be in pretty good |shape.
I agree | |An alternative fix, assuming there's enough meat in the tenoned member, |would be to remove the tenon entirely and cut a corresponding mortice (or a |bridle joint), then use a loose tenon between the two mortices. This is |quite a common fix when the tenon has actually broken or is so chewed up |with nail and screw holes that it's become weak.
Might be tough since it's an angled tenon.
Wes
Yup, you're right, Wes - I only looked at the first picture, which shows an apparently straight tenon. Under these circumstances, a better fix would be to replace a damaged tenon with a full-width extension using a bridle joint and recut the angled tenon as if from scratch..
Cheers,
Jewberrywellgum.
Art
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