Hand Tools Archive 2009

Subject:
Re: square peg in a square hole

Greg Bétit, Crown Point, NY.
>A fox wedge doesn't require the taper feature mentioned here and above. You use a very short, and relatively thin wedge, and the top of the leg gets mashed into the sides of the hole. Fibers get compressed, and it makes a very tight joint.

greg -who prefers a through tenon, tapered and wedged from the top.

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