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Hi Rob. I have watched a lot of your excellent videos and I have learned a lot from you, thank you! I have a question on breadboard ends. I am building a desk that calls for a breadboard at one end and I am wondering if I could pin the front tenon instead of the middle one to allow for wood movement at the back only. Would this work? Thank you very much for taking the time to read my question.

What a boss!

“As you get a little older. I can’t see that line to save my life.” 😂

"I think I've developed an allergy to wood". 😅

Your work really nice, Rob. Thank you for taking the time to produce this video!

I have used Nigerian ebony and the man that cut it down for me had just had his saw sharpened and my pieces dulled his blade immediately so the 60 dollars I payed him was not worth it to him. I have used a lot of purple heat because Utility Trailer used it for trailer flooring so the off cuts were free. The stuff I burned turned a dark purple because I sealed them. A woodworker said no it turned black until I gave him some bobbins I had turned. The bad part of purple heart was my husband got a splinter in his hand and had to get a doctor to take it out and the doctor could not tell it from the part of the hand it was in, was a tough job. One of my favorites is pink ivory it goes from a white to a very dark pink, and on the lathe, I love to see the color change as it finishes.

Thank you for the video. I have only turned exotic hardwood into Bobbin lace bobbins.

8:09 can some explain the purpose of this step? He says he’s cutting a rabbet but how can he do so accurately using the plane freehand? Then later he uses that skew plane to do the same step again? Would it be okay if I skip these steps and glue up the MDF and plywood parts? Prior to gluing the fence on if I ran my plane back and forth a few times it would cut the rebate, correct?

What magnifying glasses are you wearing and is it for your presbyopia. And do they fit over your glasses or you remove them

If you can find old used woodworkers hand tools buy them, not new.

buy a tripod

Gday from Northern Indiana

I like your teaching style. My teacher taught me how to build. It was miserable. If he had a CZcams channel people would put the volume to zero. Thanks for the videos. ,👍

Very nice, Rob~! I like the look of both methods, but the "3 piece" version looks like less fuss. Will have to give it a go. Thanks for the great instruction~!!

I’d rather use hand tools than machines I’m kind of old fashioned that way

Rob, looking forward to meeting you at Marc's place in St. Lous at the end of June. I've signed up for the Friday night meet and greet and both sessions on Saturday. I'm a long-time wood worker, but mostly in home construction. I'm retired and have been building out my wood shop to convert my skills over to furniture and hobbyist type projects. I've been watching your videos and Marc's for a long time, great ideas coming from both. This will be my first-time doing Dove Tails. I'm also a Navy Vet from the early/mid 1970s, not a wounded vet. See you soon 👍

I live in a 1916 house and all the interior doors are original and have these unsplit through wedge tenons. Definitely strong enough!

What fluid do you use for the stones?

Is that a sabot round next to your drillpress, or am I just really ignorant to what woodworking tools are used by pros?

That was a good video showing exactly what I need to learn to progress. One thing however, how would you cut a bridle for a door with sides in excess of 6ft? Could power tools still be used? as the manual way is far in excess of my abilities. Still a good, informative video. Thank you

I'm very tiny with adolescent size hands. Should I stick with the #3 planer or just go full board to the #6?

Thanks for the saw tips, I get why the dovetail saw is the best :)

I disagree. I dont think krav maga will work in a real fight. I'd train MMA at a local gym that fits your personality. Thank you for the video.

Very nice Rob

Very very nice. Really neat joint!

The first thing I do when I restore a Handyman plane, or any other with a painted frog seat is to use a sharp (but cheap) chisel and scraper to scrape off the paint. If needed afterward, the seat can be greatly improved after just a few minutes (or less) with a file. The real difference between the Handyman and the Basics is the materials they're made of. While the Stanley has the bones to make a decent, though very basic user. The Amazon one with its pot metal parts really doesn't.

Been waiting till I had the proper time to give ya rob.

If I were a rich guy, the kind of a guy who pays for craftsmanship, I'd prefer joints hidden and actual inlays made for decoration.

First, I enjoy all of your videos, and how you honor our vets. I was a medic then PT specialist but didn’t have to go to Viet Nam. I have turned a number of though built handles and can tell you there is an easy way to get perfect sized ends to your work. I drill a blank or two into 2” square of 4/4 stock. I glue it into the middle of a 3/8” dowel. Then I turn the square using a draw barred 3/8” collet for a Morse taper to the circumference of your handle size. I have a Nova live center that accepts 3/8 dowel stock. The same way, I can match the inside diameter of the ferrule. I have of a full set of collets from the Little Machine Shop or you an get them at Crafts Supply. You can do the same by tapping 2x2 stock to your drive center and live center screws. I get a perfect bushing out of wood that last for numerous turnings and keep your handle on the lathe.

Hm. To be honest, I don’t think this method is so much different from a simple through mortise/tenon. Why? In the end, the wedges are just replacing the „missing“ wood in the mortise and making it a non-tapered mortise again. The only point I see is the extra lateral pressure on the tenon that makes a difference to a straight mortise. Apart from that: nice piece of work. And great craftsmanship as usual.

your videos are amazing. thank you so much. i am basically a novice woodworker. my question is. if you start out with a 3/4 board. after all the planing it is probably only 5/8 or 11 /16 so if i am using boards for a project how to i make them all the same thickness thanks

That does make the process a bit simpler. I do like the looks of the conventional process better though. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂

I can see how this would really tighten up my mortise and tenon joints. I'm not sure you need help with better fitting mortise and tenon. But it still seems the glue holding the wedge to the tenon is the same as the standard mortise and tenon joint. I'm not sure how this is stronger than standard mortise and tenon if I could ever make a perfectly fitting joint.

Great idea. My opinion is that the classic style of through wedged tenon is that the little bit of connection at the base was probably needed with lesser strength glues like hide glue. This isn't needed with modern PVA glue since it is stronger than the wood in most cases.

My initial thought was that this was only decorative as the tenon had no more glue surface than an ordinary through tenon but then I realized that the only short grain to long grain connection was on the wedge the tenon will have long grain to long grain, well done!

you sir are a master

I LOVED WATCHING THIS VIDEO, CAN YOU USE PLYWOOD INSTEAD OF MDF?

Thanks Rob. I love this joint. Actually I like the look both ways, but the new way looks like it could save time so I'll b giving it a try. I really appreciate your teaching. You talk us through it carefully and thoroughly and without obnoxious music or or other fluff. Very well done indeed sir.

Thank you so much I am so happy to find someone who does this freehand, I hit my blade against a buried nail in a piece of wood someone gave me broke a crescent moon shaped piece off the center of the blade had to grind it down so this helps a lot 😊

Rob gives people value learning lessons and doesn’t constantly try and sell products like dusty co lumber company. And yet dusty has more views and subscribers than Rob. Typical doings of festool. Rob you’re the man. The Woodworking community needs to do better. Support men like Rob, ignore men like Dusty.

The dimensions at 1:55 are clearly wrong. If the front and back pieces are 5L and the side pieces are 7/16T then the lid should be 4-1/8L x 3W, not 5-1/16L x 4W. Also, if the front and back pieces are 3W and the lid is 1/4T, the side pieces should be 3-1/4W, not 1-7/8W. I spent two days getting my pieces to those dimensions only to realize I had to start again. Other than that, pretty nice video.

Great video. Thanks for a refresher course. Gonna knock the dust off mine and put it to work.

I like how thorough you are at showing every detail of your methods of work. You're a great teacher. I have seen this method of wedged tenons in a recently released video of the late Jim Kingshott showing variations of mortise and tenons (about 37 minutes in czcams.com/video/_oZzdSM5_pk/video.html) -- another wonderful teacher.

I don't understand it, Rob. In the best case scenario, the mortise would become one with the wedge. But then you have exactly an ordinary "classic" mortise and tenon joint! I guess that, if you are right, maybe the three joints are equally strong?

beautiful lesson Rob. I especially appreciate the small comments on why you approach each part the way you are doing it, the things to be careful of, etc. All those points translate to most chisel and saw work. You break the process down so that it becomes something that a lesser woodworker can feel somewhat confident that they can make that detail. I teach a few woodworkers too, but my skill with hand tools, (except gauges for carving) is not as good as yours, (few people can say they have your skills). But most of us CAN make beautiful creations. We just need to design the pieces carefully and make something that we hope will last more than 100 years....

Manchue!!!

That is nifty. Never seen that design before.

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