Episode 295 – Real Time Bridle Joinery

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   Catalin on November 30, 2018 at 11:12 am

   Nice! I also prefer to clean the shoulders with a wide bevel edge chisel. I find shoulder planes a bit hard to use and prone to chip the end grain. Any reason for not using a router plane to clean the tenon? Since I am low on marking gauges, sometimes I use the router to do the markings as well. I then put the stop block, and clean all the tenons in shallow passes. Just try it out and see if that works for you.

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   Anonymous on April 22, 2018 at 1:36 am

   Nice tutorial, Tom. Thank you!
   That saw chatter… wtf is that? I get that from time to time, particularly when ripping woods like pine that have fairly tough annular rings but really soft in-between wood. Not sure what species you were working with, likely a hardwood, but just wondering what you figured the cause was.
   Oh wait… that was a crosscut, wasn’t it?

   And, of course the saw will jump and marr the “keep” piece and never the waste piece. DoH!

   Big “Hi” to Roubo! :)

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   John on March 10, 2018 at 4:23 pm

   Hi keep trying to watch bridle joint freeby to get an idea of your tuition and I lose as it stops with a circle……try other stuff and find 404
   Hard work to try and watch your really superb work

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   Carl cooper on January 7, 2018 at 2:52 pm

   A good wood worker is only as good as he can fix his mistakes.

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     tom on January 9, 2018 at 8:07 pm

     Indeed-; )

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   James Stenhouse on March 15, 2017 at 10:10 am

   Why not cut the joint before you cut the groove? Then you don’t have to wrestle with that void.

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     tom on March 15, 2017 at 1:45 pm

     Definitely an option. I just prefer this way so I don’t have to hold parts after joinery/tenons are cut.
     Less likely to break…

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   John Contract on March 14, 2017 at 7:59 pm

   Thank you very much for doing that for me Tom. I always pick up a lot. A question on sawing when you set your free hand as a guide to start the cut are you dropping your fingernail into the knife wall? Also, can you tell us a bit about where we can find the Japanese Floats?

   Thanks again.

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     tom on March 14, 2017 at 10:27 pm

     Thanks John-
     my pleasure!
     As for the sawing technique, I’m just placing the tip of my fingernail next to the saw- maybe it sometimes goes into the knife wall, but I’m not aware if it’s intentional-; )
     and the Japanese floats were a gift from Matthew at Workshop Heaven in the UK. I’m pretty sure they sell them.
     cheers!

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     Steve Kang on March 15, 2017 at 1:48 am

     Lee valley also sells those Japanese floats.

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       tom on March 15, 2017 at 7:41 am

       Good to know-
       thanks!

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   Matt Vaughn on March 14, 2017 at 6:12 pm

   I’m writing this comment 37 minutes in…… Great Episode – Specific task – good instruction – mentioning the nuances – good pace / rhythm to the episode …… more please
   Thanks
   Matt

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     tom on March 14, 2017 at 10:25 pm

     Thanks Matt!

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     John Contract on March 15, 2017 at 3:19 pm

     I agree Matt. I like to see it in kind of real time so I know what I might come up against as a novice/intermediate. I can go back and re watch this and it’ll be really useful.

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