Comments on: Rock Solid Joinery With Tenon-Lok http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/21/rock-solid-joinery-with-tenon-lok/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:16:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Jeff http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/21/rock-solid-joinery-with-tenon-lok/#comment-447024 Jeff Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:59:25 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/21/rock-solid-joinery-with-tenon-lok/#comment-447024 On second thought, looks like wood in the tenon could still be drilled and carefully chiseled out and then just remove the metal band.... On second thought, looks like wood in the tenon could still be drilled and carefully chiseled out and then just remove the metal band….

]]> By: Jeff http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/21/rock-solid-joinery-with-tenon-lok/#comment-447019 Jeff Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:57:03 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/21/rock-solid-joinery-with-tenon-lok/#comment-447019 Only problem is if the rung ever breaks or the chair needs repair in the future. I'm always complaining about pulling nails out of joints just to get them apart to reglue. Now the whole chair will have to be remade, won't be worth fixing. At lease the joints will never come apart... Only problem is if the rung ever breaks or the chair needs repair in the future. I’m always complaining about pulling nails out of joints just to get them apart to reglue. Now the whole chair will have to be remade, won’t be worth fixing. At lease the joints will never come apart…

]]> By: Blue Onion Software - Onion Peels Blog - Friday Links #2 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/21/rock-solid-joinery-with-tenon-lok/#comment-326602 Blue Onion Software - Onion Peels Blog - Friday Links #2 Fri, 23 May 2008 13:33:39 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/21/rock-solid-joinery-with-tenon-lok/#comment-326602 [...] Rock Solid Joinery With Tenon-Lok - Rounded dovetail mortise and tenon joinery. Ingenious. [...] [...] Rock Solid Joinery With Tenon-Lok - Rounded dovetail mortise and tenon joinery. Ingenious. [...]

]]> By: Rob http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/21/rock-solid-joinery-with-tenon-lok/#comment-324868 Rob Wed, 21 May 2008 18:39:02 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/21/rock-solid-joinery-with-tenon-lok/#comment-324868 Call me crazy but wouldn't you just want to expand in the direction of the grain, not across the grain? In this instance you're expanding both ways. I guess if the hole is a perfect fit for the expanded tenon, it's not a problem. Call me crazy but wouldn’t you just want to expand in the direction of the grain, not across the grain? In this instance you’re expanding both ways. I guess if the hole is a perfect fit for the expanded tenon, it’s not a problem.

]]> By: Geoff K. http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/21/rock-solid-joinery-with-tenon-lok/#comment-324844 Geoff K. Wed, 21 May 2008 18:15:49 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/21/rock-solid-joinery-with-tenon-lok/#comment-324844 So, the wedge ring is sacrificial, it goes into the mortise and remains in the joint after completion, is this right? From this description, the ring sits at the bottom of the mortise, and a blow with a mallet splits the end of the tenon, flaring it into the bottom of the mortise. It's essentially a round wedge, flaring the end of the tenon, as Benjamen explained. Thanks for the clarification. So, the wedge ring is sacrificial, it goes into the mortise and remains in the joint after completion, is this right? From this description, the ring sits at the bottom of the mortise, and a blow with a mallet splits the end of the tenon, flaring it into the bottom of the mortise. It’s essentially a round wedge, flaring the end of the tenon, as Benjamen explained. Thanks for the clarification.

]]> By: Daniel http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/21/rock-solid-joinery-with-tenon-lok/#comment-324839 Daniel Wed, 21 May 2008 18:10:28 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/21/rock-solid-joinery-with-tenon-lok/#comment-324839 Geoff, the tenon is the same size as the entry hole. As the tenon is driven into the mortise, the wedge ring splits the end of the tenon, making it flare out, filling the flared mortise. It's basically a fancy version of a blind fox tenon. Geoff, the tenon is the same size as the entry hole. As the tenon is driven into the mortise, the wedge ring splits the end of the tenon, making it flare out, filling the flared mortise.

It’s basically a fancy version of a blind fox tenon.

]]> By: Benjamen Johnson http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/21/rock-solid-joinery-with-tenon-lok/#comment-324836 Benjamen Johnson Wed, 21 May 2008 18:06:11 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/21/rock-solid-joinery-with-tenon-lok/#comment-324836 It took me a while to grasp to concept, and I didn't explain that part really well. The lead in paragraph is a little misleading. The tenon actually starts out the same size as the top of the hole. Think of a wooden ax or hammer handle. The handle is inserted into the metal head and a wedge is driven into the handle to expand it, stopping the head from flying off when you swing it. Same principle here. You make a mortise and tenon joint like you normally would with the mortise and tenon diameter the same. Then you use the Tenon-Lok bit to hog out the bottom of the mortise, but the top of the mortise and the tenon stay the same size. When you drive the tenon into the mortise and into the wedge ring, the ring forces the tenon to expand. Sorry for the confusion. It took me a while to grasp to concept, and I didn’t explain that part really well. The lead in paragraph is a little misleading. The tenon actually starts out the same size as the top of the hole.

Think of a wooden ax or hammer handle. The handle is inserted into the metal head and a wedge is driven into the handle to expand it, stopping the head from flying off when you swing it.

Same principle here. You make a mortise and tenon joint like you normally would with the mortise and tenon diameter the same. Then you use the Tenon-Lok bit to hog out the bottom of the mortise, but the top of the mortise and the tenon stay the same size. When you drive the tenon into the mortise and into the wedge ring, the ring forces the tenon to expand.

Sorry for the confusion.

]]> By: Geoff K. http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/21/rock-solid-joinery-with-tenon-lok/#comment-324824 Geoff K. Wed, 21 May 2008 17:56:01 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/21/rock-solid-joinery-with-tenon-lok/#comment-324824 Looks cool, but please help me understand how the tenon is inserted into the flared mortise. I don't understand how the wedge ring allows the tenon that is bigger then the opening to the mortise to pass through the top of the mortise and then sit all the way to the back of the mortise. Looks cool, but please help me understand how the tenon is inserted into the flared mortise. I don’t understand how the wedge ring allows the tenon that is bigger then the opening to the mortise to pass through the top of the mortise and then sit all the way to the back of the mortise.

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