Hello everybody.
I am trying to find ways of cutting angled M&T to build Danish-like chairs. I have bought a couple of books about building chairs, but none go into details about this type of joint and other aspects of Danish chair build. Do you know of any sources of info that would be helpful, geared more towards this topic?
Thank you.
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Google or research at a library Tage Frid, a master cabinetmaker who I believe was also from Denmark.
Look in the Gallery of this DB and you will see the different types of chairs. Just type in Danish chairs and you will see the ones you may attempt to build. For the angled mortises you have to build an angled platform for the base of the machine to accept the angle you want for the mortise. There are several jigs available for the angled tendons that you can use on your table saw. Any restoration dept. of a major museum may have the information you require.
Get this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Chairmaking-Design-Jeff-Miller/dp/1561581585
Best of the best.
Rich
Thank you, all.
I do have a video from Jeff Miller that is quite dense with info. Is the book a comple ment to the video? Or does it present the same as in the video?
I have never seen the video. I remember no references in the book to the video.
The book fully covers the process of angled mortise and tenon joints for chairs. It's the best book on the subject I have seen.
Rich
Thanks, again.
I'll get the book, too.
You'll want to make the mortices square to the face of your stock, and angle the tenons. (Just in case this is not obvious). I use a bevel guage to determine the angle, and mark it right on the stock. Then, you can cut the tenon at the desired angle. It's been quite some time, but I believe Jeff Miller's book goes over the geometry and marking of this joint.
Jeff
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More info here:
http://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=42941&page=2
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