Mortise and Loose Tenon video w/ plunge router.

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  • Mortise and Loose Tenon video w/ plunge router.

    Mortise and tenon is a hallmark of craftsmanship, but it doesn't have to be painful. This type of joint can be made easily with no "special" equipment, such as a mortiser, or a tenoning jig. There are as many ways to do M&T as there are to skin a cat ( I suppose, never skinned a cat though ). My personal favorite is mortise and loose tenon with my bosch plunge router.

    Mortise and loose tenon VS traditional mortise and tenon:

    The difference between these two joints is that with a loose tenon joint, you cut mortises on both pieces (apron and table leg, for instance), then you cut a seperate piece of wood to use as the tenon. In the traditional joint, you cut away material from one piece (apron, for instance) to reveal the tenon. This is somewhat tricky as the fit is dependant mostly on these cuts. With a tenoning jig, any error is doubled, and you go through quite a few test cuts before getting a good fit. With a loose tenon, you can just plane or drum sand the stock down to the proper thickness, which is easily acheived.

    Cutters:

    You can cut the mortise with a plunge router, and any plungable straight bit, I personlly much prefer a spiral bit. You can plunge the extents of the mortise on the sides, which allows for freehanding the mortise while still acheiving a great fit. That and a round over bit in a router, and making the tenons is a breeze. Keep in mind that these cutters will vary a little in size, so it's a good idea to use calipers to get a good fitting tenon.

    The video:

    Here is a link to a video showing how to make the parts of this joint...


    • herb fellows
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      herb fellows commented
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      phishing warning

      Originally posted by herb fellows
      Look up a site report: Go McAfee Home
      Contact us Terms of service
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      Home Download Analysis Support Blog About us swordandspiritsoftware.com.dish5027.net.ibizdns.co
      m/
      I tried to copy the warning, but this is all that came up.
      this site may try to steal your information.
      Why were you redirected to this page? When we visited this site, we found it may be designed to trick you into submitting your financial or personal information to online scammers. This is a serious security threat which could lead to identity theft, financial losses or other dissemination of personal information.

      I have never seen this warning from Mcafee in over two years usage. This doesn't really express how it looked, just the verbiage. The webpage was filled with red 'x''s repeated warnings, etc.
      Last edited by herb fellows; 02-24-2008, 09:39 PM. Reason: additions

    • drumpriest
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      Hi herb fellows, the video resides on my business web server, which certainly should not be attempting to steal people's personal information. I just opened it here, with McAfee installed without any issues. My McAfee did warn me about going to nVidia.com the other day though, so I'm not entirely trusting its ability to determine a legic site from a bogus one...

      However...

      swordandspiritsoftware.com.dish5027.net.ibizdns.co

      is entirely NOT correct!
      it's ...


      so how it got corrupted, I have NO idea, perhaps when the server changed over??

    • herb fellows
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      herb fellows commented
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      hijacking?

      Originally posted by drumpriest
      Hi herb fellows, the video resides on my business web server, which certainly should not be attempting to steal people's personal information. I just opened it here, with McAfee installed without any issues. My McAfee did warn me about going to nVidia.com the other day though, so I'm not entirely trusting its ability to determine a legic site from a bogus one...

      However...

      swordandspiritsoftware.com.dish5027.net.ibizdns.co

      is entirely NOT correct!
      it's ...


      so how it got corrupted, I have NO idea, perhaps when the server changed over??
      Weird! The original link still takes me to a mcafee warning, but the one in this post works fine! I don't know enough about this stuff to know why that happens. Does this mean someone is trying to hijack hits on your website? Scary stuff! Great video, BTW, really clear and simple to folow!
      Last edited by herb fellows; 03-02-2008, 12:26 AM. Reason: incomplete
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