hi was planing on making a volcano shape with a tapered cumberland stem with olive wood accent band on the stem. i have a tenon already cut on a rod that i was practicing on, it turns out the tenon was cut perfect!!!! it will fit a 1/4 mortise perfect. so my question is even no the shank will be a decent thickness will it be o.k. to have a small mortise??? thanks guys!!!
tim
mortise sizes ?
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i agree jack, wow!! i just went on your site. your work is amazing. how long have you been doing itJHowell wrote:Sorry, I meant a smaller mortise will work perfectly well. Especially Delrin, but I make 1/4" tenons with some frequency in acrylic. So long as the fit doesn't bind, it's not a problem. And if the pipe gets dropped or sat on, better a broken tenon than a broken shank.