Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
sloppy tennon
Gil
>Is there any way to rescue a table apron, who's tennon has been cut to small? I messed up on the first tennon which I cut for a project, and it now has too much slop. Can I laminate some wood on the side of the tennon and re-trim it to fit the mortise?
Thanks in Advance,
Gil
Re: sloppy tennon
Steve Wargo
>use a piece of veneer.
Yep
Dave (Arlington, VA)
>Hi Gil -
I'm sure Steve's suggestion of veneer would work great.
I just finished cutting some tiny M&Ts for a bowsaw I'm making, and they turned out too sloppy for my tastes. So, on one tenon I glued a square piece of a plane shaving from the same wood on both sides of the tenon, and on the other tenon (which fit somewhat better), I put a single piece of a shaving on just one side (clamping them down with a small clamp, a couple of small flat pieces of wood to act as clamping blocks, and a square of wax paper (to prevent the glue from sticking to the clamping block).
Now both M&Ts are snug as a bug in a rug. And if they loosen up I'll just slap on another piece of the whispy stuff (not an issue for most M&Ts I don't imagine).
So, the issue may be just how much slop you have - as to whether you use veneer or plane shavings. For my part I was surpised how little I needed to add back to make the tenons snug.
All the best -
Dave
Re: Yep
Steve Wargo
>whenever I order veneer I always save the crappy backer veneer that comes in the packaging just for this occassion. I'd like to think that I cut the joints correctly the first time, but the reality of it is there are times when you have to fix mistakes. Fortunately this is an easy one to repair.
Re: Yep
Gil
>Thanks for the tip. I've got the glue drying already. Now for my next problem lol...
-Gil