Making Wooden Furniture with Traditional Joinery
Marking Out and Cutting Mortice and Tenon Joinery 2
A course by Sandy Buchanan , Furniture Maker and Sculptor
About the video: Marking Out and Cutting Mortice and Tenon Joinery 2
Overview
“Here I will continue marking all the components following the measurements I established for the mortice and tenon lengths and width. Once I finish doing this, I will start with the cutting mortice and tenon process! Remember to cut the mortice first because it is easier to fit a tenon to a mortice than the other way around. ”
In this video lesson Sandy Buchanan addresses the topic: Marking Out and Cutting Mortice and Tenon Joinery 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Making Wooden Furniture with Traditional Joinery. Explore traditional woodworking techniques to create a stylish and contemporary piece of furniture with a minimalist feel.
Partial transcription of the video
“having marked out all of our sides with the marking gauge, we're now going to adjust it to get the desired width. Of the mortise and thickness of the tenon. And we're going to use the chisel that we are planning on using to cut the mortise. So I'm going to take one of my likes. and I've got the line that I made previously. I'm going to take my chisel, which is an eight millimeter chisel. I'm going to lay that on top and all I want to do is reset my marking gauge. to slightly wider than the width of that chisel. What this means is when I come to Cut out my mortise. I know that my chisel will...”
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Course summary for: Making Wooden Furniture with Traditional Joinery
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Arts & Crafts, DIY, Furniture Design & Making, Woodworking
Sandy Buchanan
A course by Sandy Buchanan
Sandy, or Sand to his friends and family, is a bespoke furniture designer and maker based in Beckenham, London. Prior to setting up his workshop, Sandy had a 10-year career in the Oil & Gas E&P sector, working around the world as a geoscientist. He holds a bachelor's and master’s degree in geoscience.
After several redundancies, a general dislike for big corporate politics, and a growing unease about the sector, Sandy turned to making and crafting in the pursuit of meaningful work. His work is influenced by his childhood growing up in Hong Kong, the Chinese and Japanese appreciation and heritage of woodworking, and his choice of material. His pieces are produced skillfully and considerately, and are created to be used, allowing the beauty of nature to be enjoyed.
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