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Drawbored mortise tenon

joints.drawbored_mortise_tenon

A drawbored mortise and tenon: the hole in the tenon drilled 1.5 mm closer to the shoulder, so the peg pulls the shoulders tight (shown assembled, the holes straight).

Drawbored mortise tenon, assembled

Drawbored mortise tenon, exploded

Parameters

Parameter Default
stile_length 600
rail_length 300
width 60
drawbore 1.5

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

from woodwright.examples import joints

design = joints.drawbored_mortise_tenon(stile_length=750)

Drawings

The plans in one PDF: plans.pdf.

Assembly

assembly

Parts

parts

Peg

peg

Rail

rail

Stile

stile

Cut list

stile  600 x 60 x 30 mm  oak
       - mortise 50 x 10 mm, 42 deep, in back_edge
       - peg hole ø8, in top_face, 46.5 from front_edge, centered
rail   340 x 60 x 30 mm  oak
       - tenon 50 x 10 mm, 40 long, on left_end
       - peg hole ø8 through the tenon on left_end, 13.5 from the shoulder, drawbored: drilled 1.5 mm closer to the shoulder
peg    ø8 x 30 mm  oak

Code

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

def drawbored_mortise_tenon(
    stile_length: float = 600, rail_length: float = 300, width: float = 60, drawbore: float = 1.5
) -> Assembly:
    """A drawbored mortise and tenon: the hole in the tenon drilled 1.5 mm
    closer to the shoulder, so the peg pulls the shoulders tight (shown
    assembled, the holes straight)."""
    return _pegged("drawbored_mortise_tenon", stile_length, rail_length, width, drawbore)

Exported with woodwright 0.9.0 on 2026-10-25.