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-MIKE- wrote:
On 10/4/10 8:32 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
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What is unnecessary?


Allowing "room for glue" in a M&T joint.

Not really what you guys are talking about, but in a blind M&T, it is
important to leave room for glue - at the bottom ot the mortise, by making
it very slightly deeper than the tenon is long. Otherwise any glue that
collects there as the tenon is assembled may keep the tenoned piece
from fully seating.





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