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Construct Wedge-Locked Cross Beam

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What happens here

After allowing the leg assemblies to dry, plan the through mortise and tenon joint for the central cross beam that will connect the two leg structures. Use a pencil and a small offcut as a guide to draw the rectangular mortise and tenon patterns. Drill holes and carefully cut out the mortise slots in the cross beam using a jigsaw, then clean and refine the openings with a chisel. Cut corresponding tenons on the ends of the cross beam to fit snugly into the leg mortises. Additionally, cut thin wooden wedges that will be driven into the tenons to expand them within the mortise, creating a secure, mechanical lock without exposed fasteners. Test fit the joints and adjust as needed.

Goal: A central cross beam is created with through mortise and tenon joints, using wedges to secure the table legs for robust assembly.

Tools and materials

  • Bandsaw
  • Cordless Drill (DeWalt) DeWalt
  • Jigsaw (DeWalt) DeWalt
  • Miter Saw (DeWalt) DeWalt
  • Pencil
  • Table Saw Ridgid
  • Tape Measure
  • Wood Chisel

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in the morning all right it's the next day these bad boys are dry and oh and almost broken too that was basically a quality assurance test we need to create a square hole or a mortise as they call it to go through to lock it in place from here in order to lock it in place we're going to have like two wedges coming in from one direction and the other bevel that 45 and they'll lock into place [Music] i'm not a fine woodworker and i never claim to be i don't have nice fine work techniques i don't have nice woodworking tools remember just the guy with the youtube channel not afraid to try and fail because we're gonna learn something in the end all right let's see moment of truth how this thing's gonna assemble the idea here is our wedges are gonna tighten this thing together but once they come in they basically create a nice perfect rectangle get this here get that there the table is too short it's unless chanel is three foot three what do you think kyle you think she could be three foot three it looks kind of tight we're missing an extra three if we throw them underneath here we're gonna improvise it we're gonna go with it that's our only option

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