Beadlock Pro Joinery

[S Bolton]

Has anyone had any experience with the Beadlock Pro Joinery jig that Rockler is selling?

Thanks

Steve Bolton

[Mike]

Steve, floating tenon joinery works well. The Beadlock design allows for more glue surfaces than a plain tenon, so it should be stronger in theory. I am too cheap to spend the money for a set up like this. If I was building a project that required floating tenons I would make my own. Rout out the mortise with a plunge bit, then cut a tenon to fit it using a round over or bull nose bit to shape the ends into an oval. It doesn't get much easier than that. A production shop using many of these connections would profit from having the Beadlock items, home use it seems too expensive to me.

[S Bolton]

Well, I used to make floating tenons and they worked well. But this machine at 120.00 isn't real bad in price. I wonder if it is made in the USA?

Steve Bolton

[bobj3]

Hi Steve

If you buy one of the jigs you can save tons of money by making your own tenons with this type of router bit..

I make some now and then but I use the plunge router to put in the pocket for them...

http://cgi.ebay.com/1-pc-1-2-Shank-w...742.m153.l1262


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[S Bolton]

Bob, do you have that Beadlock Pro? I thought you had a horizonatal router table, which would seem to be perfect for making floating tenon joints.

That Domino sure is expensive and I question how great those joints would be. People love the Domino tools and I hope I don't get hate mail for the comment I just made.

SB

[bobj3]

Hi Steve

Nope I don't have the Beadlock Pro but I do use the Horz.router table to make the tenons


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[harrysin]

Hi Steve, that jig sounds expensive to me plus you would probably have to buy the tennons because I don't think the cutter shown by Bj. is suitable, I think you would end up with separate dowel rods, just re-view the photo and think about it. I do however an exact cutter which I have used to great effect on the outside of boxes. Plain old standard floating tennons still produce strong joints.

Here are a couple of examples showing what that cutter can be used for.

[bobj3]

HI Harry and Steve

Here's a snapshot or two I took today just for kicks,,,,

They are very easy to make, I was in a bit of a rush ,but Harry likes pictures made with scrap Oak stock...( pallets stock ) sometimes you can find it in 3/8" thick boards, saves time from running them in the planner...the bead bit will do the clean up job...

But I don't used them all the time I like to use the standard floating type..
I did drill some holes in by free hand just to show how they just slide in easy.
You will also see some shots of Aspen knobs I'm making again just for kicks..
Just a new and easy way to make them...but I'm still playing with them...
The guy next door took a Aspen tree down and what I saw was not fire wood but knob stock..

Now Harry you can see they can be made with the bead bit,,easy stuff..

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[S Bolton]

You should write a book. Talent going to waste.

Steve Bolton

[bobj3]

Thanks Steve

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