I know this was done a few years ago but thank you. TWW didn't show both the mortis and the tenon. This tied everything together for me. If anyone else watched this from here on our... I'd recommend watching the wood whisperer's video as well. It's filmed a little differently and complements this one very well.

Seeing a couple people whining about how you’re talking too fast in this… I prefer how you get right to the point. People need to stop crying about everything.

very clear detailed instructions. Thank you!

Thanks, Josh. I'm planning a workbench build soon so this is great info. Cheers!

FYI , Adding the 1/16 extra helps reduce hydraulic pressure once the glue is in the joint . Think of fluted dowels . Same principle . Well done Sir.

So fast! Awesome video, thank you.

Thanks for sharing your skills. And you did a wonderful job explaining what you were doing 👍🏿

Thank you

Great work thank you for sharing your knowlege! Never though about using the plunge router to do the male end!(new to woodworking don't know which part is the tennon or morties)

Great, nice tenon & mortise work looks like a very good fit!

Perfect! Will try this tomorrow. Thank you so much

Thanks for sharing ❤. God bless you

Well that was completely confusingly explained, thank you.

Without ever knowing this I did the same thing using plunge router sometime ago and now I get the confirmation from this expert!

Josh (Northwest Craftsman), First time viewer. Excellent video! Informative and right to the point. Much appreciated. I'll be watching more of your videos.

Great tutorial Josh! This technique appears to be a definite game changer and looks much easier than other methods. Getting ready to build my first wooden gate, so I'm excited to try this method out. Thanks.

There was a suggestion to purchase a second edge guide and longer rods. Your set up has an edge guide on each side of the work piece for greater stability. This is especially helpful with narrower stock. (like 3/4 inch)

Thanks, guy good job. Please can you share the picture of the bit.

Good on you wearing sandals in the shop lol. Great video btw

Thanks for sharing!

Very good demo

Thanks for the tip to do it with a hand router, You know Marc has a Multi Router.

Well done! Well explained and good overall video!

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Nice simple educational and a great job. Thanks mate

As usual. Very helpful. Thank you.

Helpful video, thank you.

Good video but I'd be more inclined to make the mortice and tenon shorter than the timber by about 5mm either end of the mortice. Routers are rather fickle tools and you can easily wander so it's good to have a small shoulder overlapping the mortice so that any slight mistake like that can never be seen.

thank you

This is great. After work just play it half speed at certain parts about the math and enjoy with some devil's lettuce 😁 makes for simple night after work

Good video and explanation, but if you make the tenon narrower than the width of the rail, it will eliminate the possibility of there being a gap at the edges.

This is beautiful

Thanks for the great video Josh! Can I just check, are you using the same upspiral bit for both mortice AND tenon? Thanks

yeah I've found that even the "select" 1x4 boards from the box store are often not quite 3 1/2 inches wide. I try now to measure the width before assuming that 1 3/4" is the center.

Josh, this is really helpful. Thank you.

Hi..THATS GREAT JUST WHAT I NEEDED TO GIVE ME THE CONFIDENCE TO DO THE SAME FOR SOME TABLE LEGS..ITS AUSTRALIAN HARD WOOD...AND IT IS HARD..WE ARE IN N.S.W. AUSTRALIA ...THANKS DAVID..

Great video. I watched the wood whisperer video first but in my opinion you explained it better. Cheers!

Make sence dude 👍

Pura vida great project what is the name of the router bit ? Thanks let know guys pura vida

How long should a tenon be? Is there a rule of thumb to it?

This is super helpful. Do you have any tips to edge cheek with this method?

Wow! Nice work boots!

Tidy worrk

Is the spiral up it a lot better than the double fluted flat bit?

Surely, you can negate rounding off if you cut a shoulder into it

You need to invest in a jig to make it accurate and repeatable.

Hi, can ve make mortise and tenons easily with a fixed based 6 mm Makita 3709 router?

Can you use a dremel 4000

That tenon seems a little thin, have you had any problems with breakage?

Nice work. But if you drop that router or square off the table you'll regret the shorts and sandals.

excellent tutorial...i have a question and i'll do my best to make it brief, you did a masterful job at centering your mortise, but in the end a degree of eyeballing was required...i am searching for a method whereby i can run the short side of 2x4 oak over a "V" groove router bit down the entire length of my workpiece and know that i am absolutely dead on center...how do i set the router table fence so that i know the bit is perfectly centered? building an end grain cutting board with a diamond pattern so i want to create a 1" square channel when i hold two grooved work pieces against each other's "V" groove and a 1" sq piece of walnut will rest inside...i'm sure i can get almost perfect by marking the center and eyeballing where the point of the bit lands but any variation from the dead center (even something less the 1/64") will result in the need for a lot of sanding...i can always overcome my massive lack of talent with patience and elbow grease but i'm just trying to learn how to work smarter...thanks a lot...sorry if i've wandered too far off topic from the actual video

Nice video! I cut my mortises the same way, but cut tenons on the table saw. How do you size the length and thickness of your M&T pieces, especially if you are building a table or chair where you will have workpieces coming in at 90 degrees? Since the stretchers come in at the same place on the table legs (top of the legs for example) I end up mitering the tenons to make them fit but not sure that makes for the strongest joint. Do you make your tenons shorter but thicker or do you miter the ends of your tenons too? How do you approach this?

how did you make a tenon?

I want my mortice across the wood. Imagine a shallow box or a shelf.

How the hell did your router not wander off when you cut your mortise both ways plunging each time???

Hey Josh, Products Used might need an update. You have a router table listed, but I didn't see one in the video. You did use an Irwin Tools Combination Square, Metal-Body, 12", 1794469 that's not listed. Thanks for making this video and keep up the good work.

Very informative. If you need a wider mortise can multiple passes, be made with the 3/8" bit?

Very nice video but a little too many words spoken too fast when dealing with the measurement of router cut tenons.

Hello, what model of router is your bosch?

Great tutorial, thanks! Had to keep winding back the clip, as you speak very fast for my australian ears :)

Interesting. 3 things I do differently: I'd use my drill press to make the first 2 holes, because it has a laser. I'd use a center-finder to draw a center line. Lastly, I'd use a router table. The bit will fit in the existing hole, allowing me to retro-set the fence

Why don't you use a v groove but to centre your router it much easier and reliable if you already have a centre line.

Wow ❤️... You were speaking too fast though... Next be a little bit slow.

Man you need my simple to build mortise and tenon fixture. You’re doing way too much math and it’s so easy for you to slip and mess it up.

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"Slip fit" ... "interference fit" Are you an engineer? Because these sound like engineerey words. -- a machinist, moonlighting as a woodworker

1 fucken too that could use a led light is router and ofc they dont put it above spindle . Autocad tool designers never spent a minute using their products .

You told us that the bit is 'better' but you did not tell us why?

four sixteenths minus seventeen fourtyninths.....how do you measure in than lanugage!

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Thank you, it's very simple, but if you speak more slowly to be understand by foreign people

just feedback from a consumer. Your video spews measurements, but I was not able to visualize it. I guess this video was not intended for newbies.

1. Slow down. 2. Leave out the redundant words. You obviously know the subject matter very well and are an excellent woodworker, but that was hard to follow.

You speak too fast!

Almost impossible to follow. Talk too fast. Too bad