That intersection, which receives great pressure from the tension of the strings, is reinforced with a double mortice and tenon joint.

Similar to the Nevern cross, it consists of two parts, connected with a tenon joint.

The requirement for long-term robustness rules out the general use of dowels but the thought of complex, angled mortise and tenon joints is intimidating.

In making a highboy, for example, Bryan would have used mortise and tenon joints as well as dovetails to fasten the various parts together.

I eventually resolved to make one, but overcame the drudgery of all those mortise and tenon joints by developing the following method:

One of the most important indigenous woodworking techniques was the fixed Mortise and tenon joint.

Hammer-headed tenon joints are one method that can be used to join curved members of joinery components.

It's battered, but it's really well made, with tenon joints, and it's hand-stenciled.

Mortises are rectangular holes used to take a tenon for several forms of joint, most obviously the common mortise and tenon joint.

Hammer-headed tenon - a method of forming a tenon joint when the shoulders cannot be tightened with a clamp.