sprintcyclist wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:26 pm
............. If you are serious about not using glue or other fixings
A wedged mortice and tennon joint is the answer, although I still use glue.
You can even have a blank wedged mortice and tennon joint.
Where the wedge is inserted into the tennon before insertion into the blank mortice and locks as the joint is assembled.
But with this one, you only get one chance, so it's got to be perfect first go. ......................
Hi Valkie,
Can you tell me a few secrets on making joinery joints?
Are joinery joints strong? What makes them strong?
I like the idea of using no screws or nails.
It's not something I can tell you through a forum
But there are books aplenty tgat can instruct you in the ways of joinery without fasteners.
I got interested in it when I read about the fire that went through Windsor castle.
They had to learn how to do something called green wood joinery.
As the timber dries out it shrinks and locks the joint tight.
Not something for the uninitiated though.
But using notice and ten on joints, with wedges, you can secure the joint so it will be as one with the wood.
Many older chairs used this method, as well as some older windows.
It's far easier to use the plethora of differing fasteners and glues today
But for the more traditional of us , good, hand made joints are a thing of pride, even unseen.
