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Building a Cane #6: Cutting tenons on the shafts

Had another half-hour in the shop this morning. Got the tenons double-checked and cut, and they’re each just a hair too big for their respective handle, which is exactly what I wanted.

The side of a cane shaft with the width of the shaft marked as 40/32 inch, and the square tenon marked as 25/32 inch.

Needed to take 15/64 off both sides in this direction...

The other side of the cane shaft with the width marked as 39/32 and the tenon width marked as 13/32 inch - there is also a marking for "top" with an arrow

And 13/32 off each side in this direction.

Both tenons on the shafts, with A and B markings on the tenon

The finished tenons, both of which are about 1/64 inch too large to fit into their respective mortises. I’ll fine-tune the fit using a float, and then I can start rounding the shafts. Also note that I've marked the shafts as “A” and “B”, and once I've fine-tuned the fit, each handle will also be marked and will stay with its respective shaft from here on.

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