Tapered round tenon¶
joints.tapered_round_tenon
A round leg with a tapered tenon through a tapered (reamed) hole in a seat, as in a Windsor chair (not splayed yet).
Parameters¶
| Parameter | Default |
|---|---|
leg_length |
400 |
diameter |
25 |
tip_diameter |
20 |
Change them in a design file (see Change an example):
Drawings¶
The plans in one PDF: plans.pdf.
Cut list¶
seat 300 x 300 x 45 mm oak
- through tapered hole ø25 to ø20, in bottom_face, centered
leg ø40 x 445 mm oak
- round tenon ø25, 45 long, tapered to ø20, on right_end
Code¶
From woodwright/examples/joints.py, which imports the names it uses (see From an example to your own design):
def tapered_round_tenon(
leg_length: float = 400, diameter: float = 25, tip_diameter: float = 20
) -> Assembly:
"""A round leg with a tapered tenon through a tapered (reamed) hole in a
seat, as in a Windsor chair (not splayed yet)."""
asm = Assembly("tapered_round_tenon")
seat = asm.add(Board("seat", LEG_STOCK, length=300, width=300))
leg = asm.add(Rod("leg", ROUND_LEG_OAK, length=leg_length))
asm.join(
RoundMortiseTenon(
tenon=leg.right_end,
mortise=seat.bottom_face,
diameter=diameter,
tip_diameter=tip_diameter,
length=45,
)
)
return asm
Exported with woodwright 0.9.0 on 2026-10-25.