PJ · 1908Practical Joinery

Tenon and fox wedge

Also called: fox wedging, foxtail wedging, fox-wedged tenon

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A tenon and fox wedge joint is a joint in which a tenon, a projecting end, is secured by a fox wedge, a wedge driven into a cut in the tenon.

The tenon

The tenon enters a matching mortise, a recess cut to receive it.

The wedge

The fox wedge is fitted into the tenon to hold the joint's parts together.

Timbers for this joint

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