Loose tenons

I'm continuing to make a cherry hall table and am using "loose" tenons to form the joints between parts. A "loose" tenon is not actually loose when fully assembled but is formed separately, allowing me to form mortises in both parts and the tenons glued in place to join both parts. It forms a strong, lasting joint.

As you can see in the photographs, this technique allows parts to be cut to exact length and then joined with less complicated measuring and cutting involved than a convention tenon that's cut and shaped at the ends of the stock. The loose tenon stock is milled to exact size, then rounded at the edges on the router table and after being cut in lengths will be glued in place.

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