Cutting a Mortice and Tenon Were the Tenon has a Curved Shoulder
I have been looking at constructing a variant on the Round Chair other wise known as The Chair by Hans J. Wagner the mid 20th century modern designer, in particular I have been looking at how the rails join the legs. Were the round legs meet the rails the shoulder of the rail need to mate perfectly with the round legs. To achive this means that the shoulder need to be round.
I am interested in any and all process how this can be achieved.
As far as I can figure, you would make the rail first, by using a router bit to route out the round shoulder shape, then turn the leg to match perfectly. Then join the two using a floating domino style tenon.
OR
Skip the shoulder shoulder completely and use some kind of bare face tenon.
OR
While it is not the method used by Wagner as it is give a diverent look is to keep the stock sqaure, then to cut the M&T for the leg and rails and then to round the stock after the joinery has been cut.
If anyone has any suggestion they would be most welcome.
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