The Paul Sellers’ Mortise & Tenon Method | Paul Sellers
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- Paul has developed his own system for cutting mortise and tenon joints using a conventional hand router plane to create perfectly sized mortise and tenons that are accurately aligned. This system will revolutionise the way you think about mortise and tenon joinery.
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I'm just starting out. The end of this video is why I can't get enough of Paul Sellers. "And it's all yours. You go ahead."
Mr. Sellers - how are you not knighted yet? Your love for woodworking, and the great detail in teaching has made woodworking such an important part of my own life. I appreciate everything you do for us.
knighted? what being a knight has anything to do with it? Paul is a great woodworker, a master at his craft.
But a Knight?
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The idea in this presentation everyone is to kick start thinking differently and then working differently.
I think this will change the way I do mortise tenons from here on, could I respectfully ask if I could make the tenon length say 9/16th longer, then cut it off to finish size after the router work, rather than route the last 1/2 inch ?
McAVIT Yourway good idea !
I have been using guides for a while now for perpendicular cuts. I learned it from Charles Neil. He showed how he drilled and parried Mortise before he was able to afford a mortise machine. I have done it that way too.
I now own a bench top mortise machine but I will definitely try this method because sometimes the setup time might just be longer than the actual time used to cut a mortise by hand.
Yes, that is fine, but in my work, and in an upcoming project on masterclasses.com I add enough to the tenon length of the first tenon top make my gauge from. I also always cut two tenons at once so the length of tenons at say 1 1/2" becomes three inches between shoulder lines plus a kerf width and `i get two tenons at once.
The idea of doing 2 two tenons as a single piece and then cutting it in half just blew my mind... :) Thanks for all the amazing work you and your team do on this channel; you're an amazing teacher!
The joinery is amazing, Paul. Thank you for making it less scary for we mere mortals! 😊
every damn time I watch one of your instructional videos I learn 100 new things. Blown away, again.
You're such a legend for sharing these techniques, Paul.
It's not what you earn that makes a man, it's what you give. Super generous. Merci.
I have only recently discovered these posts by Paul Sellers. Just an absolute pleasure to watch and learn.
Great tutorial as usual, Paul. I like to make the tenon half an inch longer than finished size. That way you can just cut off the end router support rather than muck about getting down to thickness.
You sir, are a world heritage treasure! Thanks for all you do! And thanks to your son and team of videographers for the outstanding footage!
The right tools for the job and the right attitude all combined with the skill of a master. A joy to watch. Thanks a lot.
"and it's all yours, go ahead and practice it, and you will have tenon making down for the rest of your life" this is what i love about these videos. There is a tradition of master craftsmen being closemouthed and secretive, but here one of the best just wishes to pass on the craft to those who care to learn. Thank . you.
as a retired furniture maker who just loves youtube for different new ideas, i can honestly say using the the router to mark the edges is brilliance.
A true master woodworker and a master teacher!
“I’ll do this one while I’m in the zone”. Legend.
I've watched this several times and it is solid gold. Thanks Paul.
Thanks Paul, for all the fantastic videos and sharing of techniques and knowledge. I have reduced my machines to just a bandsaw as hand tool woodworking is so enjoyable.
Thank you for the tip and for your kind comment!
Paul, what a gift you have given woodworkers with this technique! THANK YOU.
When I started wood working as a kid, my dad told me wood working is using common sense to work things out, this method proves he was right,
Great video. And I've been woodworking for 20 years and still learning from videos like this, it's what it's all about.👍
Agreed that is the best way I have seen to make a mortise & tenon joint by hand! It would result in better quality hardwood doors.
Very good work. I am at an age where the noise of industry can be left at the job site. The quiet chisel and plane brings back the joy in woodworking classic style.
A really intelligent way to make sure the mortise is at the perfect position and has the right dimensions. Thank you Paul!
I never got the chance to spend time with my grandpas before they passed away. I wish I could have learned from them the same way I'm learning from you. Thanks gramps!
Thank you Paul for your generous heart, sharing your wisdom with the new generations. God bless you.
MR. Sellers.....you are the man! Thanks for all you do for use weekend woodworkers.
Mr. Sellers, you are a genius! You have opened the door for me to a world of working wood "unplugged". I have two of your great books ( "Essential Woodworking Hand Tools" and "Working Wood") and the DVD set "Using and Sharpening Essential Woodworking Hand Tools". I cannot thank you enough.
You do not have to have two routers to do this. You can use the one router and reset after the depth lines are marked. In this case you will rough down all of the cheeks and then, when all are roughed down, reset the depth according to the depth line and finish off to depth.
Paul Sellers Dear Paul with all the respect, please let us to use two or even better three hand routers and enjoy this project the most! Cheers
Paul- How did you determine the depth of the Router to make the shoulder markings? Did you take the width of the board, subtract the thickness of the desired tenon, and then divide by 2 to get the depth of the router plane chisel?
The chisel width determines the general size of tenon and mortise. In this method we actually ignore the dead width of the chisel and 1-2mm. In other words we set the router cutting edge to about 1/2 to 1mm shy of dead on so that we leave meat (wood) on the walls of the mortise and the face of the tenon. The last skim with the router surface planes the tenon on both cheeks and the pare cuts with the wider (1") chisel surfaces the inside walls of the mortise by using the guide to reference the face of the chisel as it progresses down into and along the walls.
I see, thank you!
Thanks, Paul. Im starting the workbench project from your book. Now I know I'll get the joints perfect, but I don't have 3 routers. I think I'll use a poor mans routers for the first passes, keep my Stanley set in one place for the entire operation. Another possibility, I could stick a shim to my router base, then peel it off for the final pass.
Thank You !
This is such an innovative method for making a beautiful mortise and tenon joint.
That’s brilliant how simple and self-ensuring the method is.
Wonderful stuff. Never ever tire of watching Paul..
Beautifully planed & executed. Elegant in its simplicity! A bow to thank the Master.
wow Paul your so very very generous to the hand tool woodworkers may I on behalf of all of us say a very very big thank you .
you inspire me to get in the workshop and its fantastic for being disabled it get me exercise and mental stimulation .
pete
Bloody brilliant, reminds me of one of my lecturers who was another master of his craft, I felt like I was back at college learning brickwork for a while. thanks Paul.
I have lost count of how many times I have watched this video, and still it is always a pleasure. Thank's again Paul.
It's hypnotic to watch Paul work the wood. Thank you for sharing.
Mr. Sellers, thank you very much for this and all the other teaching videos you have in your channel. They are amazing. Although I have power tools, I reaIy enjoy working with hand tools. Take longer but the joy is incredible. I have always love woodworking and now that I´m retired I builded a shop in my farm to enjoy what I love more; Family, life in the farm and woodworking. My best regards to you from Panamá Sir.
If ever a woodworking tutorial deserved a billion views, this is the one.
Priceless instruction. TY Mr. Sellers.
Thank you Paul, that was unquestionably the most valuable and impressive example of ingenuity and skill that I have ever seen . The longest video I have ever watched , and shall watch again.
You have given all of us out 'ere something priceless
It’s very impressive that you can show a new method in 2017 for a very old joinery technique. Your craft is superb, keep up the good work.
Paul
If I could give you a thousand thumbs up, I would.
This is probably the best ever method for a tenon and mortise fitting that I've ever seen.
Thanks for this video, I'll treasure it in my mind.
This is great, fantastic method for those us that don't get enough woodworking practise to learn this joint through and through. Many thanks Paul
Mr Seller is the best online teacher i ever seen.. So patient, gentle and very clever 👍👍 thankyou verymuch Sir 🙏
Thank you Paul for sharing your method of precise mortise and tenon joinery - well done.
Paul, you've improved my woodworking abilities 100%! Thanks for all your instructions and keep up the good work.
Nothing against other contributors, but I have learned so much more from you. Thank you so much for offering these videos to everyone. Thank you again for you time and expertise.
Focused thought on how to make the blades go where we want is what makes this craft so fascinating. Using two router planes so the setting of the finish work makes so much sense. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and being so inspiring.
When I grow up... I'll still want to be like you... Making perfection look easy! Thanks a lot from very confined northern Lower Canada
I used to own a boat which had been built in Devon. The steps into the cabin were angled, probably 60 degrees or so. The joiner had made through tenons for each step and they were perfect, immaculate, flawless. If I can manage the same before my time is up I'll be happy. Excellent instruction as always Paul. Thank you.
It's like poetry! Beautiful.
Amazing as always, Paul!
Thank you for passing on techniques such as this with such dedication to simplicity and quality.
Cheers from Brazil.
What a delight to see someone call the correct tool a ‘router’! I’m a lifelong collector and user of routers and chisels dating back to 16th C. My current project is a farm house, 6 out buildings and a 60,000 sq’ dairy barn built in 1904. They’ve been horribly abused and scavenged so I bought a turn of C lumber mill, wood lot acreage and brought all my tools to restore it all asking only tools that existed when the buildings were built. 😁
Love your work Paul . I recently used a similar method to do a 25 Inch scarf joint on a sailing mast and it was something I learnt from you a wile back I just applied it to a different application . I have recently finished another Christmas star in another table top this time in teak wood and spotted gum and spruce similar to the one in the photo I sent you some time back You must of liked it as you have placed it in your photo section on your web site . This last table was for a client on a 7 Million dollar yacht the owner was ecstatic and said it was a work of art so I thank you for what you have achieved in being able to come up with simple but effective ways of teaching people all over the globe the fine art of Joinery I'm looking forward to re-joining your paid section once financers allow me to do so .
Thank you for sharing this. You have a true teacher's approach. Finding a way to make your students more successful; what a great way to teach!
Paul??? The Dude!!! That was simply The Best!!!!!
Brilliant - Awesome and Simple but oh so Effective! Makes a novice / wannabe woodworker believe he or she can really do this.
@weh375xen ... AMEN to THAT!!! :-D
You can do this! Practice and practice until it's perfect!
Simple and effective. It works, which is the most important thing. If it offends a "purist". Tough luck.
I love this idea of retaining a planing guide/reference, feel like it would be really useful for longer joints
Paul, I have been watching your videos for some time now and have learned much from watching your work patterns. Thank you for what you do! I just completed a desk for my daughter designed to fit her apartment. Completely electricity-free! From sizing the raw lumber to the dovetailed cabinet to the mortices and tenons...all hand done! Thanks, Paul!
You are the best! I am learning a lot with you. Thanks from Brazil.
Your tutorials are so great. I think you explain and demonstrate whatever method you are teaching better than anyone else. I have yet to make a mortise and tenon joint and I will definitely use your method. You, sir, are brilliant!
That is a great tip to use a tenon as a guide for the mortise! The idea that practice is needed is not intuitive. Often we take initial failure as inability instead of enjoying the journey to becoming adequate and then eventually consider ourselves adept. Bravo!
Tis a thing of beauty! Sat here programming for a living, with this on in the background... I love it!!
I think you Sir are Amazing****** I was a carpenter for 30yrs useing power tools for everything, Iam now just getting into hand tools because I lost alot of my eyesight from glaucoma. I learn so much from you. Thank you..Paul.
Exquisite craftmanship. A wonderful lesson in joinery.
It's so wonderful to see this amount enthusiasm even after so many years. Thank you for the inspiration and advice, Mr. Sellers.
I've tried it, and I love it! I've struggled with mortise and tenons, and this method made them so much better. Still not perfect, but with some practice I think I'll have it. Thanks for sharing!
Brilliant! I wish I'd learned this in wood shop so many years ago. Amazingly, we were not provided with hand routers like Paul is using. I'd never seen these until recently. Trying to saw the tenons with a back-saw was the best we learned. The keys to this method:
1. proper millwork of the stock
2. NOT adjusting the finish router
3. Keeping chisels very, very sharp
+Bill Crowell
Saw and chisel skills are more important. The exact same skills can then be applied to using Planes and mortice sets.
Your instructional videos are inspiring, hopefully the younger generation will begin taking the trade up and have a lifelong occupation with their hands in lieu of college. We need more craftsman. Thanks Paul for you Lifetime of excellence.
Using the router plane to make your knife walls is a wonderful idea, and so is leaving a shoulder to register with.
This is a superb method for the people like me I can never make tenon or mortise straight ever I will definitely try this method thanks for sharing this video
Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge. Relaxing to watch as well as educational.
Holy crap! That alone is worth the price of admission.
Wow! You have made thee seemingly Impossible, Simple!! Wonderful video, thanks very much.
Using the router plane as a marking gauge is a brilliant idea. I often find that my Stanley hand router is quicker and easier than dragging out and setting up my electric router. Love the concept of "reaching for the sky'
This man is the definition of master craftsman.
so refreshing that you took your time and didn't do the fast forward high speed when you did the other side of the mortise. that is so important to show the true rhythm of hand tool work.
Brilliant~! Both you and Rob Cosman have completely changed my outlook on hand-tool woodworking. For years, my thoughts were that the hand-tool side was for doing the fine-tuning part of the job, not the "heavy work". I've learned that I was wrong, wrong, wrong. Thank you for the instructional video~!
Great tutorial Paul, thanks mate.
Fantastic, Mr. Sellers!
Mate that's fantastic Paul. Thanks heaps for putting in the time to teach!
Beautifully done. SO much more pride in workmanship than I attain with my electrical toys. I wish I wasn't under such a time crunch to get so much done so I could slow it down and feel the shaping of the wood under my own power. I will make my living room furniture this way, no excuses.
And that's why I need another router plane. Brilliant idea with the jig by the way.
That’s perfect , Greatness over Great , God bless you , we are grateful for you sharing with us your knowledge
thanks Paul . absolutely wonderful way to get it right first time
what a beautiful way to make a joint.
Paul you are a magician! I enjoy your videos immensely. Thank you so much.
I had created a tenon and then watched this video, tenon scrapped and redone, I even purchased a small had router as my mortise and tenon is for a hand mirror. Guess what one perfect tenon, your videos are brilliant and this method is the total opposite of what I was taught at school nearly 50 years ago. Hope you are going to do a dovetail version.
Thanks very much. I will use it for the rest of my woodworking life, as I have many things you have taught. Thanks for sharing your talents.
A wonderful idea, simple. I'm trying that this weekend with a bit of ash. Can't wait.
Brilliant! The most accurate work is done without a single measurement.
Thanks Paul as always. A great gift to a novice like me. I have a loose fitting tenon that im trying to fix. Im going to start again with this method. Thank you sir!
I love the technique. As always, I feel like I can conquer the world of woodworking after watching your videos.
Thank you Paul for another wonderfully instructive technique and presentation!
Thank you so much for the great detail you always provide. It is a joy to watch such perfection.
what a great technique, thanks for the demonstration
He makes it look so easy, eh? One of these days I'll start making stuff after watching these. It helps that the tools used are top notch and sharper than anything I could get. I plan on starting with the tool bench series.
This is a game changer. Thank you so much.
Dear Paul
even so we don´t know each other, it feels like i know you well through all the work I've seen from you
i realy like to thank you for all your content and especially for this unike technic that i have never seen bevor anywhere
and you give it away so generous !! sincerely Hubert
A suggestion - butt up againt another piece of wood levelled with the top of the workpiece. That way you can plane away the entire tenon in one operation with support on both sides. If you clamp both pieces to a support below you can be confident they will not move relative to each other in the vise.
Lovely to watch you work - you make it look effortless. It's only when one tries it oneself that one realizes what an artist you are: how much of what you do is directed at making everything you do exactly what you are trying to do.
Simply great. Old school. Thank You.
Brilliant !! you are a accomplished master of woodworking, my respect to you sir and thank you for teaching all this great techniques.