Mortise and tenon

One of the oldest carpentry basics, knowing how to cut a mortise and tenon joint is a valuable skill to have when woodworking.

Find over 150+ timber frame joints and joinery examples, including, mortise and tenon, post and beam, roof joinery, compound joinery, knee braces, and foundation details.

How To: Make a Mortise & Tenon Joint on a Router Table: Using proper joinery can take your new furniture build from a cool 5 to a gorgeous 10. Adding a professional touch like mortise and tenon joints looks great but is also practical in making the furniture stand the test of time. I'm going to lay out s…

Pinned Mortise & Tenon Joinery. The traditional technique of pinning a mortise and tenon adds both strength and a look of fine craftsmanship to your work.

Follow these rules for mortise and tenon joinery so you can ensure that the pieces will fit together properly for your woodworking projects.

Understand the parts of a mortise and tenon joint. Plus, we share Ian Kirby's ten rules for making a perfect mortise and tenon joint.

Learn tips and tricks that make your shop time more productive. Find out how to get the most out of hand tools and power tools, including your router and table saw. See tips on finishing, gluing, clamping, sharpening, layout, and more!

Add the ancient art of making strong, versatile mortise-and-tenon joinery to your woodworking skills.

Mortising on the drill press can be done with a relatively simple setup. Watch and learn for a few tips and techniques you can use in your shop.

Building this staked Roman workbench was another opportunity to do one of my favorite woodworking operations: riving and paring wedges. I started with white oak that I’ve had sitting around since building my “Roubo” lathe (seen in the banister-back chair article) last year but any straight grain bone-dry hardwood would do. With a mallet and hatchet (a wide chisel also works), I split off several pieces about a ¼” thick. This only took one moderate ‘thump’ per piece. With my four pieces…