Thanks! I thought the bisquit joiner would be a great tool as well but
it seems alot of people say they don't ever use them. I'll be doing
mostly tables and cabinet type work. Will I get some good use out of
the joiner? Thanks alot!
Stoutman wrote:
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Another noob question. Sorry! :-) Just wonderin' what most of you
guys/gals use to make mortise and tenons. Seems like this is a very
common joint for furniture construction and I'm trying to decide what
the next thing I need for my fledgling woodworking shop. I just ordered
a router and dovetail jig. Wow, it seems like a never ending inventory
for tools, LOL. I'm trying to get the essentials first. It will be a
while before I'll be able to afford a jointer and a thickness planer.
I'll probably rely on dimensioned lumber and a hand planer for now.
I've got circular saws, jig saws, a compound miter saw, a router (in
the mail, thanks Rockler), drills etc. I'll have a table saw, radial
saw, drill press and a router table in January when my dad comes to
visit ( thanks Santa). Do I need a mortiser? Any other essential tools?
Thought about a bisquit joiner might be a useful tool but it seems like
a lot of people don't use them. Any advise is welcome. Thanks!
I use, almost exclusively loose (or sometimes called floating) tenon
joinery. I made the switch from integral to loose tenons because I had
trouble 'consistently' getting my shoulder cuts to line up all the way
around the stock. After struggling with this for a few years, I started
using loose tenons. Than I read that David Marks uses loose tenons for the
same reason.
Check out David Marks on loose tenons he
http://www.djmarks.com/stories/djm/l...nery_90627.asp
Excerpt: "Much care must be taken to ensure that the shoulders have been
accurately cut all the way around so that the tenon from the apron fits
cleanly into the mortise in the leg with no gaps."
Here is a jig that I made to make the mortises in the end grain of your rail
stock:
http://www.garagewoodworks.com/pictu...se_jig_mod.jpg
A mortiser might be the last tool I ever buy. I use a biscuit joiner on
almost everyproject.
Good luck!
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Stoutman
www.garagewoodworks.com