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1st October 2017, 05:48 PM #1Novice
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Home made tenoniser
I have an abundance of small saplings that I wanted to make furniture out of and searched everywhere for a tenoniser to tenon the ends of the sticks to use for chair legs or backs but to no avail whithout spending a lot of money so I decided to make one out of some scraps lying around.
This jig only took a few minutes to make and is adjustable. the cutting wheel is from Arbortech and the old grinder is a 4". Once the tenon is cut I drill an appropriately sized hole with a spade bit, add some glue and in goes the tennon. I found that if I drill a small hole just at the end of the tennon to let the excess glue out the wooden tenon doesn't hydralic and prevent the tenon from reaching the bottom of the hole. https://youtu.be/00ZVudems4E
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2nd October 2017, 12:45 PM #2
That is some first class bush engineering there! I would never have thought of that rig in a million years. Moreover, it would be perfectly safe; apart from the flying chips, but those would tend to be thrown perpendicular to the user anyway.
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2nd October 2017, 01:35 PM #3
Interesting chairs. I like the rustic shapes! Do you further refine the tenons after rough cutting in the jig? I tend to overthink things, but I would be worried glue alone wouldn't be enough to hold the joints firm long term given they are made with green wood that is only roughly sized and shaped?
Franklin
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2nd October 2017, 03:43 PM #4Novice
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Thanks for the comments, I made these chairs last week for a young couple's wedding and a wedding present. The joints are all glued together with epoxy glue so they can go out in the weather no problems, epoxy is a bit dearer but if you want the strength it's the stuff to use, I also use a clear coat of what evers handy to keep the bark from coming off.
If the tenons need a tidy up which they usually don't need I just tidy them up with a finger file sander.
They are fun and quick to make this way and really eye catching, also the tops of the chairs are matchbox vines to keep the weight down.
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2nd October 2017, 04:06 PM #5
Such a simple and yet very practical idea. Thanks for posting it.
Regards
John
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2nd October 2017, 04:56 PM #6SENIOR MEMBER
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magnificent the power of the inventive mind is beyond our simple ken
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