Comments on: Thinking about the mortise and tenon joint https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2013/10/17/thinking-about-the-mortise-and-tenon-joint/ inside the woodshop Sun, 20 Oct 2013 07:21:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Rob https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2013/10/17/thinking-about-the-mortise-and-tenon-joint/#comment-124668 Sun, 20 Oct 2013 07:21:13 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=2634#comment-124668 NPC, I’m not sure exactly what you mean, but speaking generally, I would avoid “gospel” in woodworking. Consider it, if only to understand why it became gospel, but put your stock in what makes sense and what works in your shop for what you are building and how you want to build it.

In general, the double tenon joint is a way of increasing glue surface area without making the tenons too deep (long) or too wide. It is used in situations that permit only a relatively small or shallow mortise and tenon. A thin secondary table rail or drawer divider are examples.

]]> By: NPC https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2013/10/17/thinking-about-the-mortise-and-tenon-joint/#comment-124661 Sat, 19 Oct 2013 13:42:20 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=2634#comment-124661 But why are those proportions gospel that result in double tenons? Is it that a single thicker tenon has more capacity for expansion/contraction than thinner ones? Or is it a matter of increasing glue surface?

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