A guide to mortise and tenon joinery, a core technique of woodworking.

Simple mortise-and-tenon joints that meet at right angles can be made satisfactorily with power tools, but the ability to cut a mortise and tenon by hand opens up a much wider range of applications ...

A mortise and tenon joint is one of the most basic and strong ways to join two boards together, but it takes a bit more time (and more tools) than some of the other joinery techniques we've discussed.

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Meet the NEW Adjustable Mortise Jig & Tenon Fastener System™ This is a new woodworking jig and mortise and tenon system that quickly and easily creates a strong shallow mortise and tenon joint. These ...

Watch YouTube woodworker extraordinaire Frank Howarth build 64 garage storage drawers from mortise and tenon joints made on a Pantorouter. "I am building a storage system for our basement," says ...

Roy and workbench builder Will Myers test out the strength of the classic wedged mortise. Roy and workbench builder Will Myers test out the strength of the classic wedged mortise and tenon joint for ...

I am often asked why I prefer loose tenon joinery to integral tenon joinery. It's because I find loose tenons, in most cases, to be faster and easier to cut. Let's say, for example, that we are making ...