mortise
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Make a Drill Press Mortising Fence
How to make a quick, easy and accurate mortising jig. It consists of a fence fastened to a base that clamps to your drill press table.
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Mortise Chisels
Take a closer look at this often misunderstood woodworking chisel. Learn how to cut a mortise using a London pattern mortise chisel.
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Hand Cutting Mortise and Tenons
Hand cutting mortises and tenons is not difficult, but you must pay special attention to cutting each part in the right order.
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Mortise and Tenon: Know the Parts
Identifying the anatomy of mortise and tenons.
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Centered Mortises Without Measuring
Borrowing from my technique for cutting centered grooves on a table saw, here’s how I make centered mortises without having to find the center first.
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Stick with What Works
A couple years ago, I invested in a popular loose-tenon joinery system to see how that would work for me. As a tool reviewer, I’m always anxious to try a new gizmo on for size, and this tool was getting a lot of buzz. Heck, a faster, easier way to make mortise-and-tenon joinery. Sounded good to me!
Well, the product came, and I put it to work on my next few projects. It did the job swimmingly, chomping mortise after mortise in good time. The cuts were clean, the setup was pretty easy and those loose tenons dropped right into place. Really, there was no part of the operation I could complain about.
But as time went on, that new tool got less use than it first did. I ended up switching back to making M&Ts the way I’ve always done them: mortising on the drill press, followed by tenon-cutting on the table saw.
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Hand Cut Mortise and Tenon Joints
Create a standard hidden (blind) mortise and tenon joint with just a few tools.
