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Thank you, Bro!!! I just finished (6, 1 1/2in x 1in) my first wedged mortise and tenon and it came out GREAT!!! Your emphasis on the wedge is so ultra important... though I didn't use all your techniques--and I feel like you left out some important steps but, I like how you left yours 'raised.' There is not a lot of material on-line or images anywhere for that matter but yours looked the best out of all the research compiled. I used a Japanese pull saw to cut the kerf because of its thinner results and bandsaw to cut the wedges. I've only been woodworking for 1 1/2 years and went straight to the big leagues !!! so the joint only took me 9 mos. 🤣, but now I feel like I can do it again much more faster!!!!!! Thank you much for your tutelage, Sir!!!!!
Of all the ones I’ve seen has got to be the most beautiful. Add to the that the ability it takes to make something that beautiful.... wow man just wow!!!
Hullo young man. Quick one. Your tutorial on Japanese saw technique was brilliant. Western saw user all my life, not know. I really pushed the boat out on this one and made a small jewellery box with same material. One of my grand daughters now calls me the cool Papa. No comical parts on this one BIG MAN. To much love involved.
Well explained video, Jonathan! you inspired me to use these in one of my next projects too. It looks like a lot of fun to do and the result looks so much better.
For a more secure mortise and tenon would you flare the mortise slightly larger on the outside so when the wedges are inserted it ‘locks’ the mortise and tenon together? Love the videos - finished dovetail drawer #2 with your jig! Almost makes me an expert 😉
love how you break it down Barney Style for me. I would love to see a video on how to properly use a chisel and planes with some techniques to practice. I am struggling getting thin shaving from chisels and planes.
If you find yourself doing this by hand make the wedges using a marking gauge and a sliding bevel. Just mark off the maximum width of the wedge with the gauge and then set a sliding bevel to whatever angle you'd like the wedge to be and mark up with a scalpel from the mark you cut with the marking gauge. As long as you don't reset your gauge+bevel between marks that'll result in even wedges.
I'm looking at putting up a pergola in the back yard. I don't want to use metal brackets so for a joint of the week I'd be interested in seeing some kind of three way joint for the top corners to kind of fancy it up a bit.
Now, that is a great looking joint!! It would be nice to see a quadruple inlay, through wedge, Mortise and Tenon, lol. In all seriousness, great looking joint!!...Bruce
Made myself a wood mallet with one of these joints and clearly should have watched this video first. I cracked the handle, probably because I used a hand saw for the cut and pushed the sides too far. Thanks for next time.
How about a sliding dovetail. Looking at using them on a table project to join worktop to leg assembly, allowing for seasonal movement and eliminating the need for a block end to maintain alignment. Ideas on setting out or whether to cut the male or female section first would be great.
Awesome video, super informative and that joint came out beautifully well! I know this was from a few years ago but do you taper the mortise hole to allow the tenant to open up with the wedge or is the mortise straight through? Cheers for posting, really inspiring to watch!
Yeah, that's what an actual wedged M&T joint is, he just didn't do that part. This is just a through-mortise with some of the tenon material replaced with maple. The joint he made here is probably weaker than a regular through-tenon because he removed more material with the drilled holes. This joint looks good, but this is not correct.
Hey man. Im retired looking to play with my wood hahaha but your videos are very informative. And I know what I’m going to ask is all perspective, but can you do ratios on the awesome joinery. Not a by the rule book type of thing but give some tips on some of what works for you and why. Because I’m lost as far as ratios.
Katz, I know from your videos that you are a very skilled woodworker, and this video is just another example of that, BUT this video is not a TRUE wedged tenon joint but rather a mortise and tenon with the looks of a wedged joint. To be a True Wedged mortise it must be flared out to the surface by the width of the wedge used to create that strong wedged joint. What you here is just a tenon and mortice with a decorative looking fake wedged tenon. Perhaps you just overlooked this Fact.
Hey Jonathan, Matt Estlea has just done a video on the mitred dovetail joint, how about you do a mitred inlay dovetail joint? I'm thinking of doing one on a hand tool cabinet and want to see how you would do it.
Just watched this and it is really cool and I did enjoy. I am thinking that used in the right place it could be spectacular, so thanks for sharing. I do have a question/thought and you may not respond since this video is 1.5 years past. And that's OK because just taking the time to think it through is worthwhile. But here goes, would it make a better joint if the shoulder side of the mortise was a bit smaller than the side where the wedges are driven, then when the wedges are driven the spreading of the tenon into the wider side of the mortise would create a type of a dovetailed mortise-tenon joint?
As always looking really nice bro! I like the wedge tip thanks for the tips..have u done a scarf joint yet? I'd like to see that done in a J. katzmoses style 🍻💥
Jonathan Katz-Moses no, honestly, give it a try. If your mortise is about 5mm wider at the top than the bottom, you can bang a wider wedge through. I like your way better but I tried it after seeing the 3rd coast craftsman. Could be a good idea for joint of the week? Gives you a load of funky contrast. I did mine with white oak and Purple Heart wedges. Btw, LOVE your dovetail jig. Most used thing in my shop! Thanks for all the excellent tutorials. I learn so much from you.
@@Norm7264 I'll bet you any amount of money this could pick up my drum sander. You name it. I'm serious. The number of comments I get on JotWs that say, "that's weak because of x," astounds me. Some people think you need to build every single woodworking joint to withstand a nuclear blast. A through mortise with wedges, made like this is way stronger than a regular mortise and tenon. Either of them, with or without wedges, with straight walls, would hold amy piece of furniture together until the wood rots around it. Woodworkers don't need to make their lives harder by coming up with extra steps to and already bullet proof joint. Beautiful joinery should be strong enough to serve it's purpose, not every purpose.
Is there any important in where the curf the drilled hole. I saw you bisected it while others say you should hit the outer edge and others say you should hit the inner edge. Does it depend on usage e.g. hatchet head vs chair legs.
Jonathan!! These videos are so sick. Killing it man. Solid joint. Check out this video from Wood by Wright. I just saw this the other day. Skip to about 10 mins. Super good little tip about the relief holes I had never heard before. Thanks for making these videos man. Super fun. And if I remember correctly, May is baby month? Congrats man.
Very good, Jonathan. Doing wedged through tenons on a really large item (like the Samurai Carpenter Workbench where the triple tenons are on the ends of a long, heavy apron) presents a whole different set of challenges, particularly when the mortises have to be cut into a thick workpiece (like the 3 inch thick end piece of the workbench). Many of the things you showed would not work. But there are always multiple ways to "skin the cat" (can one still use that phrase in these politically correct days without PETA showing up at your door?). I am looking forward to receiving my Jonathan Katz-Moses stop block when those come out of production- the same one you featured in this video.
