"charlie b" wrote in message
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mike hide wrote:

I meant exactly what I said.

In the past ,and I have furniture to prove it Mand T joints had no glue
,they were secured by pegs anything but a perfect fit would ensure the
structure would "rock" and secondly would soon fail...mjh


If you double draw pegged them they wouldn't

charlie b

I am not familiar with the term "double draw pegged" What I refer to is the
standard practice of chairmakers at the time was to bore a hole normal to
the mortice insert the tenon and "spot" the hole center on the tenon .Then
remove the tenon and bore it with the same drill a thirty second or so
closer to the tenon shoulder, so when the peg [usually square] is inserted
it draws the joint together tight....mjh