mike hide wrote:

A tight joint in my book is as perfect a fit as one can get, that is not a
force fit..

A loose tenon in my book is a sloppy or ill fitting joint and that is what
this thread is about isn't it?
obviously CW and David disagree....mjh


Nope - it's about an end grain to edge grain mortise and tenon
joint that puts a mortise in both parts and then a separate
piece of wood to go into those mortises.. "Loose' menas that
the tenon is not part of either piece to be joined together..

charlie b