Pegged Mortise And Tenon. Again, paring the ends of the mortise walls allows for the spread of the tenon into the void and creates a dovetail the disallows any further movement between the mortise. It's a very strong, unique, and beautiful. The peg bends, compresses at the step between the wall misalignments of the two holes and the shoulders are pulled up tight.
An extended tenon comes through the mortise, and at the point where the tenon clears the mortise, it is pinned in place by a peg or a wedge.
This is an exploded view of a 3″x5″ knee brace tenon and mortise, with tenon layout of 1 1/2″ off the face and 1 1/2″ thick, and its mortise in a tie beam. Pegged mortise and tenon joint. About 1% of these are mortising machines, 3% are other woodworking machinery. A biannual print publication bridging the worlds of period furniture maker, conservator, and scholar. A mortise and tenon joint is the most basic joint in timber frame construction. The mortise and tenon joint functions by inserting one end of a piece of wood into a hole in another piece of wood. Woodworkers around the world have used it for thousands of years to join pieces of wood. Aah woodwork with mitch peacock.
