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   user-3395150 | Nov 11, 2021 03:27pm | #1

   1 advantage to using no glue is that the joint could be disassembled if necessary. I would probably glue the tenon for extra strength if disassembly is not a consideration.

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   nickbrak | Nov 11, 2021 07:38pm | #2

   I didn’t watch it but there is a video that is titled “prepping bench for glue-up”. So I would say they are using glue and maybe just lightly mentioned it in another video. If the M and T’s are built well and drawbored correctly, glue is not needed, but it can’t hurt. Nice thing about drawboring, no clamps needed. Send the peg into the hole, done, move on.

   Just a comment about draw boring: it really does hold if the glue joint fails. I built a mailbox out of treated 2x6, 4x6, and 6x6 from a previous WOOD magazine article Used drawbored M and T. That was about 15 years ago if I remember correctly and all connections are still rock solid, I am pretty sure the glue has failed by this time (even though it was titebond 3). The white oak pegs are not showing any softening/rotten either, I figure it will fail when those pegs finally rot away.

   Good luck, have fun!

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   steve112 | Nov 11, 2021 09:20pm | #4

   Thanks for the reply, great info.

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   _mj_ | Nov 11, 2021 08:20pm | #3

   I built mine no glue and drawbored with brass rod stock. Went with brass because I was worried about snapping wood pins. Solid as a rock. I waxed the rods and pointed them like pencils to hit the offset holes before cutting them flush. In theory I could push them out with a punch, but we all know:

   I might as well have glued them. Some guy at my estate sale will deal with it for less than I paid for the lumber.

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   steve112 | Nov 11, 2021 09:21pm | #5

   Thanks for the reply, yes whatever I do someone at the estate sale can worry about it.