A bit of joinery happening

[Tom Bender]

I have always worried about having to make short tennons in a case like this. This should resolve that. Both tennons go deep. These are finger joints buried inside the legs of a cabinet. Will do similar at the top. Should be fairly rigid. In fact I would bet that a long tumble down a huge set of stairs would not cause the joints to fail.

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[steven c newman]

Looks good to me!

[Joe A Faulkner]

Tom are you hand chopping the mortise? How are you laying it out. Your tenons look perfect. I’d be interested in a few pictures of the mortises. Looks like a stunning piece.

[Todd Zucker]

I’m intrigued as well. Looks really precise but would love to see the mortises.

[Mark Hennebury]

Excellent!

[Jim Koepke]

Great innovation for a tricky situation.


I’m intrigued as well. Looks really precise but would love to see the mortises.

From looking at it my guess is the mortises are just straight mortises and the finger jointing is the interlocking of the rails inside the legs.

Look at the tenons on the two pieces, they are offset.

jtk

[Scott Clausen]

Mind blown, It would have never occurred to me to have straight mortices with interlocking finger jointed tenons. Some day someone will be impressed if they ever get it apart.

[Mark Rainey]

Very interesting! Has this been done in the past?

[Jim Koepke]

Mind blown, It would have never occurred to me to have straight mortices with interlocking finger jointed tenons. Some day someone will be impressed if they ever get it apart.

It impresses me that it is done in a wood like purple heart.

jtk

[Edward Weber]

This is a common practice for situations where the corners are too thin to accommodate a tenon of proper length.
Here is a photo that might help some visualize the method.
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The OP just took this to a new level, Well done

[Keegan Shields]

Now that’s cool! Thanks for sharing.