Standing desk part 3: wedged through mortise & tenons

[@chuckpremer3111]

Great work, I appreciate the fact that you explain what you are doing. Waiting for the next step.

[@GillisBjork]

Thank you, glad the format works for you!

[@lisakennealy1695]

Happy to see Episode 3. Thanks Gillis 👍😊

[@GillisBjork]

Nice to hear, thanks for that! :)

[@luvdub1]

That Ash is beautiful.

[@GillisBjork]

Yeah it's such a pleasure to work with!

[@cafecybernz]

Awesome work! Congratulations from New Zealand.

[@GillisBjork]

Thank you!

[@paulk6509]

Keep up the great work Gillis! I too am a hand tool only woodworker and really enjoy your content

[@GillisBjork]

Thanks, glad to hear that!

[@paolo_galassi]

I like the crisp shape that is coming out

[@GillisBjork]

Thank you very much!

[@russellfranken3662]

Love watching your video`s. Excellent work as usual.

[@GillisBjork]

Thank you very much!

[@hassanal-mosawi4235]

thanks for sgaring those tips and the make!

[@GillisBjork]

My pleasure!

[@gbwildlifeuk8269]

Good stuff 👍👍👍👍

[@GillisBjork]

Cheers!

[@NicTaylorWoodworking]

Just found your channel. Awesome work!

[@GillisBjork]

Many thanks! I see you're doing timberframing, I'll have to check that out!

[@steveparkes1266]

Really enjoying your work and this series, thank you for sharing 👍

[@GillisBjork]

Glad to hear that, thanks a bunch!

Hello my friend, I watched with curiosity the clamping section with the mortise mortise for the table. I'm looking forward to the finale of this beautiful table. you are doing a good job Congratulations. See you. I wish you a nice new week. Big greetings. Stay healthy and happy. Hej min vän, Jag såg med nyfikenhet fastspänningsavsnittet med spärrhaken för bordet. Jag ser fram emot finalen i det här vackra bordet. du gör ett bra jobb Grattis. Vi ses. Jag önskar er en trevlig ny vecka. Stora hälsningar. Håll dig frisk och glad.

[@GillisBjork]

Thanks for you support!!

@@GillisBjork see you. You're welcome. I'm waiting for you too.

[@garyknight8616]

Brilliant. Very timely too. Going to be making a gate soon and was thinking about using wedged tennons or draw bore tennons. I noticed that you didn't drill small holes at the apex of the wedges like some folks do. As I'm sure you know, their thinking is that it will stop the split from running further into the tennon. Looking forward to part 3. Thank you.

[@GillisBjork]

Thank you! Yes, the holes serve to thin out the bendy bit, to make it bend rather than crack; the same effect can be had by cutting the kerf at an angle as I did here, so the bendy bit is thinner down by the shoulder. The advantage is that less material is removed so you get a tiny bit more glue surface, probably doesn't make a difference in reality but it saves the step of drilling.

[@garyknight8616]

@@GillisBjork. Thank you for your reply. Very interesting re the drilling step. As you say probably makes a marginal difference to the joint itself. All the best 👍

[@augusthermann5111]

Bra som alltid. Fortsätt sa!

[@GillisBjork]

Tack så mycket!

[@mjac8373]

Wonderful woodworking as usual...and the music is unfortunately distracting from the great sounds of sharp tools cutting wood, in my opinion anyway, as you were one of the very few woodworkers who let us all hear the great sounds of a "tuned" plane !

[@GillisBjork]

Thanks! Just trying out different styles, personally I think it makes a more exciting video and I keep the volume fairly low so you can still hear the tools, but if everyone hates it I will of course go back to no music. Your feedback is appreciated

[@CraigsWorkshop]

Great editing on this Gillis. I think I can detect some more careful cuts, and more condensed action (Or perhaps you have been doing this for a while, and I have not been very observant!). The music works great. I liked the tip you gave about the extended tenon material supporting the router, that's a new one for me. Great explanations throughout, very enjoyable overall. Oh and the standing desk is coming along beautifully :) Cheers, Craig

[@GillisBjork]

Thanks Craig, always so kind! I'm slowly figuring out how editing works haha! The tenon trick is from Paul Sellers, he shows it in more detail, but glad I could pass it on. Cheers :)

[@derjman]

When I saw the title, I immediately knew this was going to be an excellent video on wedged through tenons. And it is! Very clear narration, no unnecessary information, fantastic execution. I am really excited to see the final product! I am just working on my first wedged through mortise and tenon joints, by the way - so I learned quite a bit. Just wondering: your wedges seem to be slightly slimmer than the tenon, will this not leave a gap in the final joint? I cut my wedges to 2 degrees, as recommended by (I think) Christopher Schwarz, but that is quite tricky with a handsaw. Next time I will be going for 5 degrees, I think. Keep up the great work :)

[@GillisBjork]

Thank you very much! Happy you learned some stuff :) I aimed for the same thickness, possible they turned out a tiny bit thinner but I seem to remember them being a pretty good fit in the mortise. We'll see I suppose! 2 degrees sounds very difficult, but I'm sure you'll get a ton of wedging force!

[@Kristoferskogsberg]

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