Craft · 6 pages · 12 min
Why a mortise and tenon resist pull
A peg through the tenon stops the tongue from sliding back out of the mortise.
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From the opening
A mortise is a rectangular socket cut into one timber, and a tenon is the tongue left on the end of the mating piece so it can slide into that socket. The joint resists a pull because a peg, a wedge, or both stop that tongue from backing out. The opening covers a peg crosses the tenon, drawbore pulls the shoulder tight, and a straight socket needs a pin.
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Inside
- A peg crosses the tenon
- Drawbore pulls the shoulder tight
- A straight socket needs a pin
- Short grain beyond the peg splits
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Pegged mortise and tenon joinery
- Drawboring a tenon to seat the shoulder