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Tenon

cuts.tenon

A tenon on an end, with shoulders and cheeks; the board grows by its length.

Tenon, assembled

Parameters

Parameter Default
length 40
thickness 14
width 50
stock 40 mm board, oak

Change them in a design file (see Change an example):

from woodwright.examples import cuts

design = cuts.tenon(length=50)

Drawings

The plans in one PDF: plans.pdf.

Board

board

Cut list

board  640 x 60 x 40 mm  oak
       - tenon 50 x 14 mm, 40 long, on right_end

Code

From woodwright/examples/cuts.py, which imports the names it uses (see From an example to your own design):

def tenon(
    length: float = 40, thickness: float = 14, width: float = 50, stock: Stock = THICK_OAK
) -> Assembly:
    """A tenon on an end, with shoulders and cheeks; the board grows by its length."""
    asm, board = _board("tenon", stock, width=60)
    board.cut(Tenon(board.right_end, length=length, thickness=thickness, width=width))
    return asm

Exported with woodwright 0.9.0 on 2026-10-25.