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    Hi all,

    I am currently building a kitchen cabinet and cut some tenons on very long board yesterday.
    Because the boards are long (2 meters), I had to use the table saw in multiple passes but somehow I stuffed up.
    After a first pass, I measured the thickness of the tenon and it was 6.15mm and for an unknown reason, I interpreted it as 6.34mm or 1/4".
    so I kept going until the 4 tenons were cut and tried a first dry assembly.
    My mortises are 1/4". So I have a maximum of 0.5mm between the width of the mortise and the one of the tenon(my error plus some other errors along the way).I don't think it is more than that according to my first tests.
    my question is : do I need to take any extra step to make sure that the mortise and tenon fit exactly (wood shim or something like that), or is it ok to stay like that and assume that with enough glue, the joint will be strong?
    I don't want to redo the tenons since I don't have enough spare timber.
    Thanks
    Eric

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    I would glue straps of wood on your tenons, wait till that dries then cut them again. If you ask here it means you will never be happy with that job. Regardless of whether you might get away with it or not, fix it so that you are satisfied.

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    Rrobor has the right idea. Stuffed up a similar thing once And did just that. No problems, joint was nice and strong.

    Any chance of using a router in future?

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    Yep. A slice of veneer glued onto the tenon and then recut is the go.
    You could use an epoxy gap-filling glue, but as they say, you wouldn't be happy.
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    Thanks guys

    I have some veneer leftover so I might do that tonight and use a router to cut to the right size this time

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