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adventures in woodworking and home maintenance, from my shop in an oversized backyard shed
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Tapered vs. Cylindrical Tenons
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 When dealing with round tenons, you have an important choice about their shape. Should they be tapered (like a cylindrical cone)? Or straight (like a dowel)? The engineering answer seems obvious: use a tapered tenon. This form of joint gets tighter the more you use it, like a Morse taper on a lathe or a drill press's chuck. But the historical answer is more complicated than that. When you look […]The post Tapered vs. Cylindrical Tenons appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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posted at: 12:00am on 08-Jan-2018
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