JonnyW":28d2tnk4 said:
But the things is rendered useless should the client want any kind of through/visible wedged tenons, or can you square a through cut off by hand?
I've never used a Domino for a through mortice but I guess it could be done although, to my eye at least, a through wedged mortice and tenon would look absolutely horrible with rounded ends, like an industrialised and tacky version of Arts & Crafts.
Having said that it's also pretty tricky to make a through mortice with a hollow chisel morticing machine, because the auger rarely runs completely concentric to the chisel so you often get a little scallop where the auger peeks out beyond the chisel line. Doesn't matter in a traditional M&T as it's covered by the tenon shoulder, but looks very sloppy on a through M&T. There are some long winded work arounds but I personally either cut through M&T's with a router then square the ends, or I'll cut the mortice completely by hand.
Here's a job I did with loads of through M&T's, these were all cut by hand, doesn't actually take all that long, fitting the wedges and building jigs to allow proper clamping on through M&T's takes more time.
