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    Secondary glazing

    I like the ring & mirror ideas. Going from 3 to 12 and also with one size in between didn’t help me though. This bit goes where you point it, it seems. Is there such a thing as a bit with a long, blunt nose so that it actually has to follow the path of a pilot hole? It’s made me curious about...
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    Secondary glazing

    Today I learned that I can drill a 3 mm bit from each side of a 44 mm piece of wood to meet up in the middle less than 1/2 mm out freehand, but I can’t do the same with a 12 mm bit even with a guide block (centres were maybe maybe 3-4 mm off which is a lot). Vexing. I think one of the factors is...
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    Unusual scrapers, or are they?

    Chü - an elm not affected by any changes in temperature or moisture - also sounds interesting.
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    Secondary glazing

    Of course what I should have done was carefully drill a nice plumb 12 mm hole in one piece of wood and use that as the guide - forget about the drill stand. Think I’ll try that next.
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    Secondary glazing

    I made the mistake of remembering that I bought a drill stand a while ago. The drill stand was a very poor purchase because I made the classic error of getting one that doesn’t have an integrated chuck. Obviously that’s a stupid design - not only do you have to rely on the bracket fitting your...
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    Wedged M&Ts

    I’m finding this thread very interesting & useful. Thanks to all who have responded so far.
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    Wedged M&Ts

    More questions: Q8. Are you also pegging your wedged M&Ts? Q9. What sequence do you wedge, peg, glue? Q10. Please tell me all about which parts are being glued?
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    Secondary glazing

    Think I’ll try to hinge the fly screens in these windows: I’ll have a few details to work out with the stops to allow the hinges to sit well. Might have to cut custom ones that are a bit deeper. I’ve been doing some experimenting with cutting mortises. One thing I tried was using the 12 mm...
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    Mortice & Tenon Calculator

    Thanks for taking a look, Paul. The chisels that are in there are just ones that I knew I had without going to the shed to check. It's not at all obvious, but you can change the chisels by changing the URL (add ?chisels=8,12,25,13,16,19 for example) or you can skip the bit where it adjusts the...
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    Wedged M&Ts

    6. Do you cut the mortice entirely square through before cutting the angle or do you do it as one operation? 7. How do you cut the angled part so as to leave part of the mortice square? Are you using a guide for your chisel? Or eyeballing?
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    Wedged M&Ts

    Thanks Mike. I made Q5 a bit vague, didn’t I? What I really mean is do you define the size of the wedges/mortice in relation to the size of the shoulders on the tenon or vice versa? I have seen someone create the wedges from the pieces cut off the tenon to create the shoulders. I also wondered...
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    Wedged M&Ts

    A quick survey about your use of wedged through M&Ts please: 1. Do you angle the mortice all the way to both edges or do you stop short leaving a 90° part to the mortise? 2. Do you cut the kerfs in the tenon roughly parallel to the sides of the tenon or do you angle the cuts? 3. Do you drill...
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    Redundant Cherry kitchen cabinet doors

    Could you program in a reset of the Z axis before every number to avoid this issue in the future?
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    Mortice & Tenon Calculator

    Interesting idea
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    Mortice & Tenon Calculator

    Well there was enough there to keep me occupied. Here is a sketchy first version that only provides info for the mortice, but hopefully gives some idea of what I’m going for: https://woodwindows.github.io/secondary-glazing/wedged-through-mortice-tenon-rebate.htm It’s got: 1. Picking mortice...
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    Mortice & Tenon Calculator

    Indeed. My calculator would be focused on single, wedged, through tenons on rebated material used at the corner of a frame, which could be written to handle material of any size, but it’d be nice to produce a warning when material dimensions suggest two tenons would be better for example. For...
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    Mortice & Tenon Calculator

    Does anyone use a mortice & tenon calculator spreadsheet/website/app for working out sizing & placement of your m&t joints? I’m likely to create my own specifically for wedged m&t in rebated material (because it helps me cement knowledge in my brain more than because it makes the calculations...
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    Secondary glazing

    Showing how inaccurate my track and tracksaw currently are, I have to add 1 mm to a combo square butted against the track’s strip to get the right rebate and add 2 mm to the desired depth to set the depth setting on the saw. Now finished rebating for all 7 windows plus 3 extra stiles for luck.
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    Secondary glazing

    Decided to continue rebating. Halfway through, but will now cut a couple more long lengths as backup. A couple of the ones I’d already cut are a bit bendier than I feel comfortable with. Probably could be ignored or adjusted at this point if they stay still, but if they’re actually moving, it’ll...
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    Secondary glazing

    I cut the rebates for 3 of the windows using the track saw. I did test cuts which was useful because my Makita track saw isn’t very accurate compared to the measurements on the saw - cuts too deep - and the height is kind of hard to adjust to mm precision anyway. Now I have a bunch of 7 mm x 23...
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