The Perfect Chuck Tenon

[@bobraasch8699]

Wonderful video & short to the point. Well done.

[@outboardfixer]

Best explanation of how to form a tenon I have seen...thanks.

[@drice847]

Tim, Thanks for the video. You were kind enough to text me back yesterday on this same subject then I find you video today! Your a great teacher, keep up the good work.

[@MikeWaldt]

Really good sound advice, and very well explained Tim. Take care Mike

[@philipwilson9209]

Exactly what I was looking for. Short and to the point. I love it. I was doing it wrong by the way. Thanks Tim.

[@CarlJacobson]

Great video Tim,

[@ChasenGunzOutdoors]

Great job on explaining this. Be blessed

[@AsWoodTurns]

Very good explanation. Thanks Alan Stratton

[@ronkulous]

Thank you for the fantastic video!!

[@carlosvalenzuela7014]

Excellent, thanks for sharing

[@alansimpson596]

Great video and very instructional so many thanks.

[@JonGreene]

Another great video! I finally got to see the pen/pencil show on KRSC the other day.

[@sergeAA]

nice video!! that's the thing i have the most trouble with helped a lot!!

[@davidborch213]

Great video, thanks for sharing!!

[@eddiejulian8550]

I've been building guitars for a few years and am now venturing into turning, I didn't realize how much there is to learn. Pretty cool and very addicting. It's just harder to find excuses to tell your wife why you need a $300 chuck for your lathe, with the guitar building tools most of that I could say I can also build kitchen cabinets so we need a new jointer, planer, table saw haha.

[@RealRuler2112]

I definitely need a different chuck... have the woodcraft brand one and have had pieces of wood come off more than once, even with everything right. Very impressive when you hit the end of that spindle and it didn't move! Another tool that works well to shape the tenon is a skew used on it's side like a scraper. I use my 1" skew for turning and have the 1/2" skew that came in the tool kit (which I don't otherwise use) ground to the angle of the dovetail, just like you have the bedan. :)

[@markgriffin7906]

good clear information, thank you

[@THSurvivalGear]

I use one of two tools each time for making tenons... Easy Wood Tools' Full-sized Detailer for dovetail or the square carbide cutter on the full-sized Rougher.

[@sandiworthington3998]

Tim, Where can I purchase one of these tools?

[@dukelacrosse3185]

ahhhh HA! Thanks for posting this, was getting discouraged with my wood shifting in the jaws

[@Dudenumero2]

Hi Tim! I am really enjoying your videos! Is it possible to purchase this tool?

[@duallygsd]

Robert Sorby makes the bedan. You should be able to find them online. I now have modified a large parting tool from Thompson Tools to do the same thing.

[@jsbiddle]

I like it!

[@WoodworkingPro]

Hi Tim, thanks for another great video. Just curious your Bedan seems to be wider than the ones I see for sale online all of them are 3/8" but yours looks like it's a 1/2" or wider,did you make your own?

[@clarencegreen3071]

I have a couple of quibbles, not that it really matters. First, only when the wood is degraded (like heavily spalted) and likely to be crushed by the chuck jaws is it advantageous to have more surface area of the jaws in contact with the wood. It's a physics thing: frictional forces between dry surfaces are independent of the area of contact. In most cases, you get a stronger grip with a larger tenon. Second, the dovetail jaws do not "suck" the tenon into the jaws. The angle of the dovetail is not great enough for this to happen. The jaws and wood would have to be as slick as teflon . . . and it still wouldn't work that way. It's a myth. -Doc Green

[@spacemadness3673]

What kind of wood is that

[@UKMonkey]

Just wondering - why is it bad if the tenon hits the back of the chuck?

[@woodturningwithtimyoder]

If the tenon is touching the back of the chuck it is probably not making contact with the face of the jaws. That will give the piece some wiggle room if you get a catch and it will try to touch one side of the tenon jaw faces and then be crooked in the chuck.

[@UKMonkey]

Thanks :)

[@levidee9105]

I was wondering I you had any old Woodturning tools I could use if you don’t want them

[@Uncle_Buzz]

Bedan. Not to be confused with boudin.

[@brandonfreer6348]

Man, you are so much better than Carl Jacobson. he treats everybody like they are below him and he's the only one that knows how to turn.

[@darlagray-winter4347]

Great video. The camera was in awkard positions a few times when you were trying to show close ups but we could not see the whole thing.

[@jdplus3]

Don’t poke your eye out putting on your goggles... :)

[@Jeckhart8501]

Can't stand this guy