> Did the glue up of the drawer unit for the work bench today.
> > Rather than a slip in separate box to fit between the upper
> ---major snippage----
>
> > The moral of this story is CHAMFER THE ENDS OF
> > ALL YOUR TENONS. Helps with alignment and minimizea
> > the likelyhood of splitting off an edge - at the worst
> > possible time.
>
>
> of course, you're right and I appreciate you sharing your experience(s).
> And I thought the camfer was just for esthetics.
It provides a place for excess glue to go rather than all of it squirting out the mortice onto your finish surfaces.
I always chamfer quickly using my #93 rabbet plane, which I already have out to fit the tenon.
Thanks, Charlie, for another reinforcement for chamfering my tenons :)
-Mike
-Mike