Blackswanwood
Still Learning
I am making a small table and want to use breadboard ends on the table top which I haven’t done before and would welcome some advice.
As I understand it the mortises need to be wider than the tenons to allow the top to expand and contract ... is it a case of just allowing a few mm each side of the tenon or is there a way of working out a specific gap to be left?
The top is 400 mm in depth - do I need to use several tenons or can I just use one long one?
Thanks.
As I understand it the mortises need to be wider than the tenons to allow the top to expand and contract ... is it a case of just allowing a few mm each side of the tenon or is there a way of working out a specific gap to be left?
The top is 400 mm in depth - do I need to use several tenons or can I just use one long one?
Thanks.