02-20-2020, 01:20 AM
For table or bench legs, why do we cut 4 shoulders? Are the two shorter ones all that useful? I am thinking specifically about legs that are wider in one dimension. I the tenon is /13 leg thickness, then would not cutting some tenon length (to create the two smaller shoulders) reduce tenon strength without adding much in the way of top support? Cutting the little shoulders would seem to gain little - just the 1/3 tenon width for however much one cuts off the tenon. I'm really thinking more about bench legs than tiny tapered legs on a tea stand.
Thanks, Curt
-----------------
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."
-- Soren Kierkegaard
-----------------
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."
-- Soren Kierkegaard