Definitely deserve a thumbs up on this. I have to admit, we dont have the skills to replicate what you did but it was wonderful watching a craftsman at work. Very nice tutorial!
Is there a reason you made 5 tenons 1.5" deep instead of doing something with 1 full tenon across the entire piece? What I mean is this: You originally cut a 1.5" deep tenon all the way across the end of the main piece. Then, you trimmed it so that only 5 sections (2" wide) stayed 1.5" deep. Why not leave the whole thing? Too much wood? Too much movement? Wouldn't you still be able to do the dowels with a single, large tenon across the whole piece?
There is a continuous 1/5 inch across the entire piece. This keeps the panel flat to the breadboard ends. I cut the individual tenon out to allow for movement from the center out. The center tenon has a singular size hole. It is glued and fixed into place. The 4 outside tenon have an elongated hole allowing the dowel to slide back and forth during any wood movement. To cut a full 1 1/2 inch of material out of the breadboard ends would weaken the breadboards to remove that much material. Hope this helps
Best breadboard end explanation on RUclips.
Thank you
Great video. Very informational.
Thanks Brian
That’s a great looking top. Your gonna have a happy customer
Thanks. Yeah they were pleased. That thing was heavy tho
@@hammerdownwoodworkingtracy3679 it looks like a beast
Definitely deserve a thumbs up on this. I have to admit, we dont have the skills to replicate what you did but it was wonderful watching a craftsman at work. Very nice tutorial!
Thank you very much for those kind words. You can do it too. I have all the confidence in the world that anyone can do it
What's that flexible marking square you use?
It's the Incra T square. It's a very good square
Is there a reason you made 5 tenons 1.5" deep instead of doing something with 1 full tenon across the entire piece?
What I mean is this: You originally cut a 1.5" deep tenon all the way across the end of the main piece. Then, you trimmed it so that only 5 sections (2" wide) stayed 1.5" deep. Why not leave the whole thing? Too much wood? Too much movement? Wouldn't you still be able to do the dowels with a single, large tenon across the whole piece?
There is a continuous 1/5 inch across the entire piece. This keeps the panel flat to the breadboard ends. I cut the individual tenon out to allow for movement from the center out. The center tenon has a singular size hole. It is glued and fixed into place. The 4 outside tenon have an elongated hole allowing the dowel to slide back and forth during any wood movement. To cut a full 1 1/2 inch of material out of the breadboard ends would weaken the breadboards to remove that much material. Hope this helps