Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2002-07-30 13:36
Gordon -
The thin wood is in the vertical plane, between the bottom of the lower joint socket and the top of the pad-covered hole just beneath it.
What I'm talking about is irregularity and shrinkage horizontally, where the diameter of the socket becomes smaller. Thus, reaming it out doesn't make the thin area thinner.
In my experience, the problem is not swelling of the tenon but shrinkage of the socket, and this almost invariably occurs at the bottom. If there is also swelling at the top of the socket, this, too, is easily fixed with a reamer.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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