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Joinery Drawings

Measured sketches of traditional woodworking joints.

Through mortise and tenon

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Through mortise and tenon
Tenon a third of the stock, shoulders on all sides.

The classic proportion is a tenon one third of the thickness of the rail. Cut the mortise first and fit the tenon to it; a tenon is easier to pare than a mortise is to widen.

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