STL319: You make your individual dowels?

Identical species for free tenons?

From Christopher:
I’m questioning if there is a bonus to utilizing the identical species of wooden when doing free tenon joinery. Eg. if the workpieces are pine, wouldn’t it be higher to make use of shop-made pine dominoes vs the white oak Festool iteration? One wouldn’t use wildly dissimilar or oily wooden for a glued tenon; However so far as the same old suspects obtainable within the constructing supplies part, is that this value contemplating for the standard/longevity of the glue joint? I might love to listen to your ideas.

Rock-Strong Miters with L-tenons

For Duncan Gowdy, the L-tenon miter joint permits for extra easy meeting than typical splined miter joints

Domino System Adjustments the Recreation for Making Furnishings

Tim Celeski affords ideas and strategies for the revolutionary Domino joinery system.

Find out how to Make a Floating Tenon

Mill the tenon inventory as soon as you have established the scale of the mortises

Groovy dowels or clean?

From Luca:
Retailer-bought dowels have these grooves in them to keep away from glue entrapment on the backside of the opening – however to me, the grooves appear fairly deep. Makes me assume home made dowels with out grooves would create a stronger connection. What are your ideas on this matter?

Making Hardwood Dowels

Select your individual lumber and diameter to provide customized dowels for pinning small joints

All About Dowels and Biscuits

Mario Rodriquez explains why dowels and biscuits are sufficient substitutes for extra conventional joinery strategies.

Device Overview: DFM Dowel Plate

Mike Pekovich takes a take a look at an excellent dowel plate that is offered at an excellent worth.

To CAD or to not CAD?

Additionally from Luca:
I simply create designs and plans with pen and paper. I draw the challenge to scale however I’m by no means assured that this design will truly look good in actual life from completely different angles. For my subsequent larger challenge I’ll positively make a life-size mock-up. However after that, I used to be questioning if it was well worth the effort to learn to mannequin a challenge with some form of CAD program. In your expertise, does it change the necessity for mock-ups to get the proportions proper? Or did you ever mannequin one thing that you simply had been very assured in after which when you constructed it, it simply didn’t look nearly as good?

Composing: A Versatile Design Course of

Hold choices open from the preliminary concept to the completed piece

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