Traditional Country Furniture by Editors of Popular Woodworking

Author:Editors of Popular Woodworking
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9781440329852
Publisher: F+W Media

For these fasteners, the slot needs to be the width of your table saw’s blade (between ⅛″ and ″ wide) and ″ down from the top of the apron and ⅜″ deep.

Glue up your base, peg the mortises through the legs and finish the base. I use square pegs in my legs. Drill a round hole through the leg and into the mortise. Then take a piece of square stock, whittle one end of it roundish, then pound it into the hole. It should convert your round hole into a square.

Mitered Mortise and Tenon

This method is similar to the straight mortise and tenon above, but you must miter the ends of the tenons because your mortises meet in the middle of the leg. Why would they meet? Well, you might have a thinner leg, or your mortises might be back farther if you chose to use a larger setback.

When this is the case, I make a standard tenon and chop the end off at a 45° angle on my miter saw. You’re not trying to match the two miters exactly (it will never show), so leave a little gap between the two tenons. If it’s too tight, it could get you in trouble because the ends of the tenons will touch before the shoulders seat into the legs.

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