Advice on roundwood joints please

[agg221]

further points.

If you use a "school compass" on a curved surface it wont give you a circle.

 

Agreed, it's elliptical (oval), but you can shave the tenon to suit for small numbers, which stops it rotating when things dry out a bit after seasoning. The material isn't going to be perfectly round anyway, so it will inevitably need a bit of shaving to shape.

 

Alec

[Gilly]

Thanks for all the advice guys, all taken on board, chrz Il keep you posted as to how it goes.

[Baggy]

Axe or draw knife for the tenon + Brace and bit + a knife to enlarge the hole...

 

Not as chunky but...