Routing a tenon on a dowel or square or triangle, etc is a simple matter of building the right jig. See this video and take it from there. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjTq1...feature=g-vrec I needed to do the same thing for a clock I'm building.
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Routing a tenon on a dowel or square or triangle, etc is a simple matter of building the right jig. See this video and take it from there. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjTq1...feature=g-vrec I needed to do the same thing for a clock I'm building.
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Can be done by hand with some dividers, tenon saws and a safety file. Mark the center and then your 3/4 tenon on the end, divide that into an octagon for saw guide lines and mark the depth of cut with the dividers around the dowel. Rip down the 8 lines to your depth leaving the line, xcut the little bits off again leave the line, and file it all round and squared up and use a test block hole to make sure you have the desired fit. It's easier and faster than it sounds, or if you have dozens of these by all means make a jig for the table saw, router or buy a lathe.
Last edited by James Conrad; 10-11-2013 at 8:59 PM. Reason: Jeez, just saw this was and old thread... Anyway...
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Couldn't this be done on a lathe?
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Certainly, the OP said he didn't have one.Originally Posted by Ken Higginbotham
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Instead of cutting the tenon. "dowel the dowel"; drill a 3/4" hole in the end of the 1" dowel and glue a 3/4" dowel in the hole. After the glue dries, cut to final length.
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He got it done back in FEBRUARY 2012 folks.
Read the whole thread, instead of just the first post before replying.
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