How to Layout Tenons {Part 5 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}

PART 5 OF “BUILD A DOVETAIL DESK WITH WOODWORKING HAND TOOLS”

In this woodworking video I show the important step of laying out the table’s apron tenons. The tenon will fit into the mortise that you just cut, so it is important that you take care to layout the tenons correctly.

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Even though I have a helpful hand tool buying guide (here), I’m still often asked for a list of and links to the tools that I use in my videos, so here is a list of tools that I used in this series of video on desk building (I also included tools that I used in construction that wasn’t in the video):

WORKBENCH:

• Sjoberg Elite 2500 Beech Workbench (with optional tool cabinet)
• Moravian Workbench (portable and sturdy)
• Gramercy Holdfast

HAND PLANES:

• Lie-Nielsen Low Angle Rabbet Block Plane
• Lie-Nielsen No. 62 Low Angle Jack Plane
• Vintage Stanley No. 71 Router Plane
• Lie-Nielsen No. 73 Large Shoulder Plane
• Vintage Stanley No. 4-1/2 Smoothing Plane
• Vintage Beading Plane
• Vintage Wooden screw arm Plow plane

SAWS:

• Lie-Nielsen dovetail saw
• Lie-Nielsen’s thin plate 16″ Tenon Rip Saw
• Lie-Nielsen cross cut back saw
• Vintage Millers Falls Miter box and miter saw
• Robert Larson Coping Saw

CHISELS:

•  Vintage Stanley 750 bevel-edge chisels
• Vintage English Pig Sticker Mortise Chisel

MARKING & MEASURING:

• Starrett 6-inch combination square
• Vintage metal try square
• Vintage sliding bevel square
• Vintage Starrett Dividers / Compasses
• Veritas Wheel Marking Gauge or Veritas Dual Wheel Marking Gauge
• Lie-Nielsen panel gauge
• Wooden Straight Edge
• Vintage Stanley No. 62 Folding Rules (24″)
• Marking knife (chip carving knife)
• Staedtler Mars 780 Technical Mechanical Pencil

MALLETS & HAMMERS:

• Crown No. 106 20-Oz Beechwood Mallet
• TEKTON 3165 16-oz. White Rubber Mallet

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1. Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools – Part 1: Dovetail Carcass
2. Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools – Part 2: Legs
3. How to Chop Mortises {Part 3 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
4. How to Clean Mortises {Part 4 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
5. How to Layout Tenons {Part 5 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
6. How to Cut Tenon Shoulders {Part 6 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
7. How to Cut Tenon Cheeks {Part 7 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
8. How to Square Tenon Cheeks {Part 8 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
9. How to Fit a Mortise & Tenon {Part 9 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
10. How to Drawbore Mortise and Tenon Joints {Part 10 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
11. How to Make Pegs for Drawboring Mortise & Tenon {Part 11 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
12. How to Make a Through Mortise & Tenon {Part 12 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
13. How to Attach a Desk Top {Part 13 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
14. How to Use Traditional Cut Nails {Part 14 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
15. How to Make Breadboard Ends {Part 15 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
16. How to Make Breadboard Ends {Part 16 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
17. The Completed Dovetail Desk! {Part 17 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}