On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:38:00 -0500, the infamous Bill
scrawled the following:

Larry Jaques wrote:


Pound on the tenon? You should never have to pound. Tap the joint
together, yes. Pound, no. That's too tight. You could damage something
taking apart the test assembly.

That's exactly what I was thinking when I was watching Frank Klausz
pound his joint together in his M&T video! How is he going to
separate that joint without the possibility of fracturing something?!

One thing I haven't see anyone do (which they do when they glue a banjo
dowel rod) is to leave room for the glue to escape, by leaving a little
path along the tenon. Evidently it's not necessary?

Most people can't make perfectly mating joints, so there's room for it
to squeeze out or move into the mortise which is inevitably deeper
than it needs to be.


Consider the nature of the joint (emphasis on the tenon cheeks and
mortise sides) I assume it's not an issue if the mortise is cut a little
too deep, correct (better a little too deep, than a little too shallow!)?

Right. Then again, there are a few people who use massive gobs of glue
and get squeezeout on all sides and squozen into every possible pocket
underneath, but they learn quickly, usually.

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