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- verb Present participle of
tenon .
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Examples
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I use a Delta mortising attachment on the drill-press, a Delta tenoning-jig on the table saw and a matched-set of panel cutting bits on the router table for the cabinet frames and doors.
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The method of mitreing the moulding and tenoning the stile to rail is indicated.
Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. William Fairham
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-- The method of tenoning the bearers which carry the drawers, or the midfeather between two drawers, in a dressing table or similar carcase is here shown.
Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. William Fairham
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-- Fig. 172 shows the method of tenoning drawing boards, desk tops and secretaire falls.
Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. William Fairham
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The illustration shows the method of tenoning the three pieces to the top rail, barefaced tenons being employed.
Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. William Fairham
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-- Fig. 160 shows the method of tenoning the principal rafter to the king post, whilst Fig. 161 illustrates the tenoning of the struts to the king post, and the king post to the tie beam.
Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. William Fairham
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But doweling is cheaper and quicker than tenoning, and there are many places in wood construction where it is just as satisfactory and, if properly done, just as strong.
Handwork in Wood William Noyes
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-- Fig. 150 shows the tenoning of the inside end of a wardrobe to the top of the carcase.
Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. William Fairham
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Although the floors were still hollow, there was a better distribution of material, the joists being deeper, of longer span, and resting upon the beams, thus avoiding the pernicious method of wasting lumber, and guarding against fracture by tenoning joists into the upper side of beams.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 Various
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Fig. 173 shows the tenoning of a wide to a narrow rail when the joint is at an angle.
Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. William Fairham
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