box joint testing
On 12/23/2015 2:24 PM, John McCoy wrote:
Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote in
:
On 12/23/2015 12:09 PM, Jack wrote:
For example, a floating M&T is
way, way stonger than a Domino?
I thought a domino WAS a floating
M&T???
My thoughts exactly Jack, a Domino is a floating M&T.
In fact a Domino or floating tenon may ever be better than a plain
M&T.
Often the end of a board that you are going to form into a tenon
might
not be suitable if it has a knot or strange grain.
Well, as I recall the article (and as I posted above), the
two joints broke in different ways. The M&T, all varieties
including floating, sheared the tenon. The domino (and
dowelmax, etc) all broke the mortised board.
I have no idea why that difference would exist, and I don't
recall that the article went into any analysis of it.
It does seem to me strange that the mortised board should
break at a much lower strain with the domino than with a
floating tenon (where the mortised board didn't break at
all).
Especially since a Domino is a floating tenon. BUT wood is not perfect
and the pieces could have been weaker for one of the tests.
John
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