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I'm looking for opinions on the best way to go about making an angled joint something like this.
I would need to make about 6-8 of these joints, so something easily repeatable would be nice. And it would look oh so much better if they all came out at the same angle
and btw, i've never made a mortise and tenon joint before EVER :shock:
The two options i've thought of are:
Option 1, an angled mortise with a straight tenon.
To do this I thought I coudl drill out the mortises at an angle on the drill press by tilting the table.
To make the tenons I thought of making an improvised mitre guage at the correct angle and rout them on the table.
Option 2, a straight mortise with an angled tenon.
Mortises, probaly drill and clean them as above (but with a level table)
Tenons, some routing again and some nifty hand saw work.
What other options are there? Should I avoind M&T altogether? I'd like to learn, but if there's a much simpler way of doing this I'd consider it.
My preference is for option 1. It seems to me that it's easier, and less work.
Opinions / commnts please.
I would need to make about 6-8 of these joints, so something easily repeatable would be nice. And it would look oh so much better if they all came out at the same angle
and btw, i've never made a mortise and tenon joint before EVER :shock:
The two options i've thought of are:
Option 1, an angled mortise with a straight tenon.
To do this I thought I coudl drill out the mortises at an angle on the drill press by tilting the table.
To make the tenons I thought of making an improvised mitre guage at the correct angle and rout them on the table.
Option 2, a straight mortise with an angled tenon.
Mortises, probaly drill and clean them as above (but with a level table)
Tenons, some routing again and some nifty hand saw work.
What other options are there? Should I avoind M&T altogether? I'd like to learn, but if there's a much simpler way of doing this I'd consider it.
My preference is for option 1. It seems to me that it's easier, and less work.
Opinions / commnts please.