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The outer front door of the porch had a mortise lock which had showed no signs of being forced.
However, one cannot fix a mortise lock to an internal oak ledged and braced door.
Usually, joiners cut, carved, and painted all the stiles, rails and panels before putting them together with mortise and tenon joints.
Both the English and Dutch used heavy timbers to construct mortise and tenon frames.
Tenons have room to expand and contract within the mortise, avoiding splitting.
Rafter pairs are joined directly to each joist by means of mortise and tenon joints.
This shows a simple French mortise and tenon joint with a pin inserted for strength.
Each piece of furniture is built as if it were full size, with proper mortise and tenon joints rather than glue.
The large sash windows of his 100-year-old home were fitted with bolts, and a mortise lock and a spy hole were fitted in his front door.
Replace the faceplate on the lathe, spread some glue in the mortise and use the tail stock to clamp the mandrel in place.
The bars were jointed to the stiles and rails using a small mortise with a corresponding tenon in the bar.
Place the hinge leaf in the mortise and position the self-centering tool in the countersink recesses of the hinge.
The standard radiographic evaluation of the ankle consists of anteroposterior, mortise and lateral views.
The stock was made of hardwood, in two pieces, to simplify forming the wedge mortise.
Use a sharp chisel or utility knife to enlarge the mortise in the direction that you need to move the plate.
It appears that the left side of the stock, as well, has been planed away slightly to open the left side of the iron mortise.
Drill a hole and chisel a shallow mortise in that jamb for the strike plate.
Mark and cut the mortise and recess for the strike plate using the same method used for installing the lock.
Drill into the frame and into the stud behind it at this point, mortise the frame to accept the strike plate, then attach the plate to the frame.
You will need to mortise the plate into the edge of the door so that it is flush with the surface of the edge.
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The back posts also have a mortise cut in them at the top for the back board as shown.
The mortise is undercut as before, and saw-cuts are made in the end of the tenon.
It is well to chamfer the arrises at the end of the tenon to insure its starting easily into the mortise.
Fasten the lock in place, and if there is a strike or face-plate, mark its place and mortise it in.
The width of the mortise is equal to the width of the groove, its length to the width of the tenon.
The end rails have a mortise in them for the tenons on the ends of the foot boards.
The joints may be made with dowels, or the mortise and tenon may be used, as desired.
The doors are fitted in the usual manner by a tenon and mortise joint at the ends.
The marks a, b designate the limits, or the length, of the mortise.
The operation of cutting the mortise is called dove-tailing.
The doors are fitted by a tenon and mortise joint at the ends.
Cal Door uses blind mortise and tenon mitered joints for all of its five-piece mitered doors and glue and press fit applied mouldings.
Of particular concern are members in which a secondary mortise is cut in the tenoned member near the root of the tenon.
The mortise of the lock and the staples of the bolts, when she tried them, were firm.
Tests were conducted to determine the effect of close-fitting shoulders on the bending moment capacity of round mortise and tenon joints.
The CM5200 and CM5600 platforms are suited to D-Series cylindrical and L-Series mortise mechanical locks.
The tenons are bevelled to fit and wedge each other in the mortise.
In some cases, the mortise that holds the latch plate needs to be enlarged slightly to accommodate the new latch.
The raiders tried to escape through the front door but were thwarted by a mortise lock.
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