The mortise and tenon joint has been used by woodworkers for centuries because of its combination of superior strength, simplicity, and the elegance of its appearance. How to make mortise and tenon router jigs woodworking. Loose mortise and tenon joints woodworking masterclasses. Live edge slabs come from full logs sliced into multiple sections and thicknesses. By enredando no garaxe 1 may, 2017 12 january, 2020. Structurally, a loosetenon joint resembles a traditional mortiseandtenon joint, and its every bit as strong. Its just as strong as a joint made with integral tenons, and even trumps traditional mortise and tenon construction in several ways.
Leigh fmt pro mortise and tenon jig router accessories. The tools in this story make joinery much easier than a doweling jig. Tenoncam is a manufacturing system, consisting of patent pending router bits and software, used to form mortise and tenon joints, inthenest, on a flat table cnc router. How to make mortise and tenon router jigs woodworking with. Add the top bearing option for sign making, carving, duplicating or almost any routing job where a pattern is useful. Mortise and tenon joints are the preferred style of joint for furniture and cabinetwork.
Fmt pro leigh fmt pro mortise tenon jig leigh fmt pro. It is jack here again, and as promised, this time with james help, we are going over some of the best mortise and tenon jigs that weve used in our workshop. The hpmt96 is an ideal general utility cnc mortise and tenon machining center. There are many ways to make a mortise and tenon and in this video i show you how to use just your router table and a few everyday bits to accomplish this task. He shows you the best way to expertly lay out the dimensions and make the proper cuts. When woodworker gregory paolini needs to cut a mortise however, he turns to his trusty router. A mortise is a square hole made on a piece of wood and with a matching tenon, form a good joint. Large selection of industrial quality carbide tipped router bits and offset mortise and tenon router bits. Router joinery, part 2 the mortise and tenon joint popular. Here, he shares his technique and his plans for a simple jig that ensures wellcut mortises, then his tips for cutting and finetuning tenons for a perfect fit. It wasnt anywhere near as neat as yours but it worked pretty well. May 01, 2017 i dont have plans to make these mortise router jigs because they are very easy to make. The hybrid pantorouter is a woodworking jig for hobbyists and custom furniture craftsmen.
This process is used to produce completely milled cabinet, drawer and toe board parts, without. How to cut mortises with a plunge router jig woodworking. Your router table is one of the quickest and most foolproof ways to cut mortises. With mortises larger than that, i find i have better control by plunging the bit into the work with a plunge router rather than plunging the work onto the bit.
Mortise and tenon joints are usually cut on a table saw, but they can be made using a router as well. T he mortiseandtenon joint is fundamental in woodworking. Mortise master is a simple but innovative patent pending router jig for creating awesome mortises for loose tenon joinery and more. Dustfree routing and full width router support for your d4r pro, dseries jig, and super jigs.
The pantorouter uses a woodworking router to easily and quickly cut mortise and tenon, dovetails, box joints and other woodworking joinery. Leigh dovetail jigs and mortise tenon jigs d4r pro dovetail. Take the loose tenon plunge also known as floating tenons, loose tenon joinery features a piece of wood the tenon inserted into matching mortises. Loose tenons can be used any place youd use a traditional mortise and tenon and, with some of these tools, many other places, too. The easiest mortiseandtenon joint ever the router table works well for mortises up to 1. Apr 16, 2016 throughmortiseandtenon joints are the strongest, but if you cant or choose not to go clear through, twothirds the width of the mortised piece is a reasonable target. George vondriska teaches you how to use your handheld plunge router or router table to cut perfect mortise and tenon joinery for your woodworking projects. A router and a shopmade jig make for easy joinery with integrity. With this jig well route mortises at any distance from the wooden bars head, just adjusting the first wooden bar and repeating the mortise as many time as we want. Mortises can be created using any choice or combination of a drill or drill press, chisels, or a router. In this video ill show how to build a mortise jig for your router, to be used with mortise and tenon. Feb 02, 2017 this video demonstrates how to make a mortise and tenon joint using the router table. Using a plunge router, tablesaw, edge guide, and shopmade jig, jeff miller makes mortiseandtenon joints that fit right every time.
Its strong, durable, and little affected by the expansion or contraction of wooden members as a result. Although mortise routing involves surrounding the bit with wood, you should still pay attention to your router direction. The triple mortise and tenon template makes three evenly spaced mortises and tenons using the same template and setup. Using a plunge router, tablesaw, edge guide, and shopmade jig, jeff miller makes mortise and tenon joints that fit right every time. The offset mortise and tenon router bits allow you to make tenons with offset shoulders, which makes it easy to construct offset mortiseandtenon joints for mission style glass doors. Wood joints router jig woodworking techniques tools woodworking jigs router woodworking wood projects.
There are plenty of ways to cut a traditional mortise. We will see how to make both, a tenon router jig and a mortise router jig. One guide, one bit, one setup makes both the mortise and matching tenon. The incredibly strong mortise and tenon joint is the hallmark of fine furniture such as tables, chairs, and cabinetmaking. If you judge by the number of devices and methods developed to avoid making mortises, you might think. To those skilled in math, the easiest way to express the calculations is with an algebraic equation, but it appears that many people find that confusing. Mortise and tenon router bits sold at are made by amana tool, the leading manufacturers of high quality wood cutting tools. Take the loosetenon plunge also known as floating tenons, loosetenon joinery features a piece of wood the tenon inserted into matching mortises. Glen huey teaches the simple steps to create a mortise and tenon joint using a router. This process is used to produce completely milled cabinet, drawer and toe board parts, without secondary operations or supporting machinery. A mortise and tenon is a popular type of joint that is used to connect two pieces of wood. Structurally, a loosetenon joint resembles a traditional mortise.
With these jigs we can make tenon and mortise joints easy and fast. Along with the dovetail, this joint has been used for thousands of years. Mortiseandtenon joints are usually cut on a table saw, but they can be made using a router as well. In this video ill show how to build a mortise jig for your router, to be used with mortise and tenon joints. Offset mortiseandtenon router bit for mission style.
The easiest mortiseandtenon joint ever wood magazine. You can purchase a yearly subscription here or can order our latest issue issue eight here. Milling a mortise on your router table is essentially a blind operation, because youll cut the mortise by plunging the wood down into the bit. However, the mortise ends will be round, meaning you have to either square them with a chisel or use a floating tenon with rounded edges that fit into two identical, mating mortises. Portercable dovetail jig with mini template kit 4216. Cut mortise loose tenon joinery biscuits joiners mills. The mortiseandtenon joint has been used by woodworkers for centuries because of its combination of superior strength, simplicity, and the elegance of its appearance. Mortise master creates awesome mortises quickly, easily and accurately using a plunge router, guide bushing, wood clamps and mortising bits. We have tested lignatool with the following routers and have found them compatible. This machine has a full 3 axis cnc control and can be configured for almost any. There are many ways to make a mortise and tenon and in this video i show you how to use just your router table and a few everyday bits to. The perfect mortise and tenon system paul sellers blog. How to make mortise and tenons with a router wwgoa. The best mortise and tenon tools for your project popular.
Mortise and tenon router bits sold at are made by amana tool, the leading manufacturers of high quality wood cutting tools the offset mortise and tenon router bits allow you to make tenons with offset shoulders, which makes it easy to construct offset mortise and tenon joints for mission style glass doors. The tenon is a peg, and the mortise is the slot in which the tenon is inserted. Mark the length and width of your intended mortise with a square, and extend layout lines a short distance onto the adjacent unmortised faces of the workpiece to serve as reference lines later see photo 1. We sell the most popular woodworking mortise and tenon joinery products. Super fmt mortise and tenon jig mortise tenon joinery. Making tenon templates for the pantorouter i previously wrote about how to work out tenon templates in my large mortise and tenon article. Our client found some amazing live edge boards and wanted to design a oneofakind dining room table. The tenon will be strongest the closer it is to the size of the piece on which it is made. Adding a professional touch like mortise and tenon joints looks great but is also practical in making the furniture stand the test of time. Make a mortise and tenon using only the router tablewoodworking how to youtube. Make a mortise and tenon using only the router table. Make a mortising jig for the router mortise and tenon joinery.
With the frame mortise and tenon family of jigs and a plunge router, every woodworker can easily produce this incredible joint with unmatched accuracy and speed. This tenon isnt seated to the bottom of the mortise, but you can see the accuracy with which the fmt can cut this joint. With mortises larger than that, i find i have better control by plunging the bit into the work with a plunge. The router table works well for mortises up to 1x4 wide. Although mortise routing involves surrounding the bit with wood, you should still pay. That leaves the length of the mortise, or the width of the tenon to be determined. Besides once the tenon jig and the mortise jig are adjusted well make the joints with the minimum. The main advantage to the triple is for use when boards intersect at a 90 angle and where your design is to keep. Quick, accurate and versatile jig allows you to cut perfectfitting mortise and tenons with a plunge router requires only one setup to cut both pieces. I usually cut all of the tenons first, and before cutting mortises i set the depth of the plunge router 116 deeper than the length of the tenon to provide a bit of room for excess glue. Kkmoon table saw slot adjuster mortise and tenon tool movable measuring block tenonmaker length compensation router table set up woodworking tools. Using proper joinery can take your new furniture build from a cool 5 to a gorgeous 10. Amazons choice for mortise and tenon jig for router.
With each pass, you can either push or pull the router along the slot to clear the waste the feed direction doesnt matter. The large flat tenon cheeks and mortise walls need to be flat, smooth and parallel, the shoulders have to line up perfectly all the way around the tenon, and to get a fit that works, the. Viewing posts 1 through of total author posts 5 march 2020 at 4. Leigh dovetail jigs and mortise tenon jigs d4r pro. Crafts style is the thousands of mortise and tenon joints involved, i decided to dig into our techniques archive and find some router methods. How to cut mortiseandtenon joints howtos diy diy network. Oct 02, 2014 there are lots of ways to cut a mortise. See more ideas about mortise and tenon, joinery and woodworking. If you own a plunge router you can use it to cut mortises with flat and straight side walls requiring no cleanup. Offset mortiseandtenon router bit for mission style glass door.
Even the walls of the mortise gave no clue as to where the first pass was. Forums general woodworking discussions woodworking methods and techniques loose mortise and tenon joints this topic has 12 replies, 5 voices, and was last updated 4 weeks ago by tenjin. Using a plunge router, and the freud 14 diameter flute up spiral bit with the 14 shank, i plunged and routed out the mortise in successively deeper plunges. This keeps the router moving against the rotation of the bit and should yield a. There are no 7 essential router tricks, weekend diy pocket screw projects, or adcluttered pages. Use our exclusive jigs and accessories to cut mortises and tenons in your shop. This product can expose you to chemicals including wood dust, which is known to the state of california to cause cancer. It is very commonly used to join rails to the legs of tables or chairs, or fixed shelves to the sidewalls of cabinets or bookcases. The multirouter is the ultimate joinery machine for small shops. Make one pass about halfway through the mortise, then plunge all the way on a second pass. This article originally appeared in the february 2014 issue of popular woodworking magazine as 4 way to make a mortise. Use the stepped turret on the router base to set up the first and subsequent depth cuts to excavate the mortise depth you need see photo 9.
The easiest mortise and tenon joint ever the router table works well for mortises up to 1. If youve ever used dowels to join wood, you already have experience with loose tenon joinery. Its just as strong as a joint made with integral tenons, and even trumps traditional mortiseandtenon construction in several ways. Aug 04, 2018 mortiseandtenon joints tend to frustrate woodworkers far more than dovetails do. While the jig will control the movement of the router during the cut, remember,it is the router bit that does the actual cutting. Perfect mortise and tenon joint choosing the right bit to rout a mortise you will need a plunge router and a jig of some sort. The jig limits the movement of the router during the cut. Leigh industries is a worldleading designer and manufacturer of precision dovetail jigs and mortise tenon jigs. Tenon magazine seeks to bridge the worlds of furniture maker, conservator, and scholar. Despite its odd name, loosetenon joinery is one of woodworkings tightest methods of joining parts. The joints are rounded when using a router, but they are just as strong as squaredoff mortises and tenons. If its face frames, doors, or drawers, in the custom cabinet shop, the multirouter can handle these tasks with surprising ease.