Shimming a loose fitting tenon?

[Anthony Watson]

I glued some thin scraps onto the tenons and will remill them tomorrow. Hopefully things will go smoother the second time around...

Thanks for the suggestions!

Anthony

[Anthony Watson]

I recut the shimmed tenons today and now they fit perfectly. Thanks for the suggestions everyone!

Now on to assembly and finishing...

Anthony

[Stan Smith]

I save the cutoffs from my tenon cheeks. If I goof up, I glue one back on and re-cut. Once assembled, they're scrap.

A very practical way to go since you've just cut some. I've mixed some sawdust with some glue to help fill on a few occasions. Not sure if this is the best method to use though.

[Doug Shepard]

Sometimes a shaving from your hand plane, glued on is enough. When I was still making tenons on my TS I fixed a few that way.

Ditto. I've done a number of them that way. The only hard part is getting the shaving thick enough it doesn't want to disintegrate while you're trying to glue it on, and flattening the curl out of it without it breaking.

[Chris Padilla]

I screwed up cutting a mortise with my domino once. I just glued in a domino, trimmed it, recut the new mortise.

[Joe Cunningham]

Sometimes a shaving from your hand plane, glued on is enough. When I was still making tenons on my TS I fixed a few that way.

Used that on my last project. Worked great. I let it sit over night after rubbing it with a flat piece of wood, then trimmed off the excess with a sharp chisel.