Diagram of a mortise (left) and tenon (right)Tusked through tenons used on a French granary1) Through tenon and 2) mortise as a shouldered joint
A mortiseand tenon (occasionally mortice and tenon) joint connects two pieces of wood or other material. Woodworkers around the world have used it for thousands of years to join pieces of wood, mainly when the adjoining pieces connect at right angles.
Mortise and tenon joints are strong and stable joints that can be used in many projects. They furnish a strong outcome and connect by either gluing or locking into place. The mortise and tenon joint also gives an attractive look. One drawback to this joint is the difficulty in making it because of the precise measuring and tight cutting required. In its most basic form, a mortise and tenon joint is both simple and strong. There are many variations of this type of joint, and the basic mortise and tenon has two components:
the mortise hole, and
the tenon tongue.
The tenon, formed on the end of a member generally referred to as a rail, fits into a square or rectangular hole cut into the other, corresponding member. The tenon is cut to fit the mortise hole exactly. It usually has shoulders that seat when the joint fully enters the mortise hole. The joint may be glued, pinned, or wedged to lock it in place.
This joint is also used with other materials. For example, it is traditionally used by both stonemasons and blacksmiths.
A mortiseandtenon (occasionally mortice andtenon) joint connects two pieces of wood or other material. Woodworkers around the world have used it for...
(timber), such as a mortise in a mortiseandtenon joint. The square chisel mortiser (also called hollow chisel mortiser), similar to a drill press in many...
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shipbuilding and boat building. It is driven into a hole bored through two (or more) pieces of structural wood (mortiseandtenon). The use of wood as a tenon can...
Bellwood, P.; Cameron, J. (2007). "Ancient Boats, Boat Timbers, and Locked Mortise-and-Tenon Joints from Bronze/Iron-Age Northern Vietnam". The International...
A mortise gauge or mortice gauge is a woodworking tool used by a carpenter or joiner to scribe mortiseandtenon joints on wood prior to cutting. Mortise...
in the cutting of tenons for mortiseandtenon joinery. Tenon saws are commonly available with rip-filed teeth for rip cutting and cross-cut for cutting...
together with various joints, commonly and originally with lap jointing, and then later pegged mortiseandtenon joints. Diagonal bracing is used to prevent...
adhesives, while others use only wood elements (such as dowels or plain mortiseandtenon fittings). The characteristics of wooden joints—strength, flexibility...
techniques was the fixed mortiseandtenon joint. A fixed tenon was made by shaping the end of one timber to fit into a mortise (hole) that is cut into...
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constructed by several methods: cope and stick, mortiseandtenon, bridle joint, or a simple butt joint. Cope and stick is the most common method, as it...
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an oak and hazel structure dating from 5256 BC, found in Ostrov, Czech Republic, and one built using split oak timbers with mortiseandtenonand notched...
stronger for use on tougher and heavier work. Bevel edge chisel can get into acute angles with its bevelled edges. Mortise chisel thick, rigid blade with...
joined. An example is a "blind" mortiseandtenon joint. bolster 1. A shoulder. 2. A timber situated between a post and a beam to increase the bearing...
and bow drills. Mortiseandtenon joints are attested from the earliest Predynastic period. These joints were strengthened using pegs, dowels and leather...
subsequent shrinkage would create cracking at the mortise-and-tenon joints. Additionally, the mortise-and-tenon joints in older trusses were located at the...
different names depending on the length of the blade; "tenon saw" (from use in making mortiseandtenon joints) is often used as a generic name for all the...
rowers per oar and hundreds of rowers per galley. Ancient shipwrights built galleys using a labour-intensive, shell-first mortiseandtenon technique up...
western equivalent) are joined through mortise-and-tenon joinery as well. Mortise (卯) is a slot or recess. AndTenon (榫) is the projecting end of a piece...
the strongest in ability to resist shear forces, exceeding even mortiseandtenonand other commonly-known "strong" joints. With respect to metal welding...
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