Making Wooden Furniture with Traditional Joinery
Marking Out and Cutting Mortice and Tenon Joinery 4
A course by Sandy Buchanan , Furniture Maker and Sculptor
About the video: Marking Out and Cutting Mortice and Tenon Joinery 4
Overview
“In this lesson, I will continue cutting the tenon shoulders. Next, I will show you how to use a chisel to pair any lines. Once I finish cutting all the shoulders and using the chisel to make some adjustments, it's time to assemble! The fit should be tight enough to hold together when suspended, but loose enough to be assembled by hand. If the joint is out of square, relieve areas pushing it out of alignment. ”
In this video lesson Sandy Buchanan addresses the topic: Marking Out and Cutting Mortice and Tenon Joinery 4, 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
“ Marking Out and Cutting Mortice and Tenon Joinery Same process again. I will put that back in here, and take my large chisel. I'm just going to make a tiny V into my marking line. I'll take my saw, drop it into the groove, and make some right starting cuts. There we go. We now have the beginnings of our tenon. The shoulders look pretty good off the saw. I definitely got a bit of work to do on either side of the tenon to get it down to thickness. Let's have a quick look here. It's just fractionally too wide to get in there at the moment. Then the only other thing we need to do is take it d...”
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Course summary for: Making Wooden Furniture with Traditional Joinery
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Areas
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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