How to make wooden coffee tables, corner joints.

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DETAILS OF WOODEN COFFEE TABLES CORNER JOINTS

Figure 6 on the right shows a typical wooden coffee table corner joint. The haunch is square in section looking from the top. Looking from the side the haunch is one third & the tenon two thirds of the total depth. I normally set the face of the rail about 6mm from the face of the leg. The mitre should be cut to give 4-6mm clearance between the ends of the tenons when they are both fully inserted into the mortices, it is not a mitre joint, but merely allows a longer glue face on the outside face of the tenon giving more strength, especially when the leg is not very big in section.

corner joint in 3D

In fig 7 I have shown the mortice & tenon in 3d but before the mitre has been cut and with only one mortice cut for the sake of clarity. The 4-6mm cut off the bottom of the tenon allows the mortice to be made slightly oversize at the bottom allowing "wriggle" room when you are dry fitting the tenon as the recess in the rail will cover the gap when the tenon is fitted.

Fig 6

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