Stiles are made LONG, as there leaves enough "meat" on the ends to chop mortises, without blowing out the ends. Simple as that.
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Stiles are made LONG, as there leaves enough "meat" on the ends to chop mortises, without blowing out the ends. Simple as that.
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Wouldn't the same hold true if the piece is made with mortises in the rails?Originally Posted by steven c newman
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The same is true whenever a mortise will be close enough to the end of a piece that blow out may be a problem. Leave the piece long, chop the mortise, and cut to length after.Wouldn't the same hold true if the piece is made with mortises in the rails?
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Last edited by John Schtrumpf; 04-22-2018 at 8:25 PM.
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More reasons to leave the long. The mortise blow out for sure. When the mortises are haunches the rail ends can be crushed when glueing and clamping. When you are making many doors it also gives you something to set them on so they don't get beat up moving them around during the process. This is essential for full size heavy doors. The horns are usually cut off when the door is hinged and set. Until they started nailing scraps to the bottom of doors entry doors were sent to the job with the horns still on the bottom for protection. The finish carpenter cut them off when fitting the door to the opening. It's easy mark it knife the line and saw it off with a back saw plane a bevel on it from each side if necessary for fitting.
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