RobR
Full Member
It is tricky to get perfectly square shoulders but if I’m ever cutting them by hand on the wood lathe I tend to over compensate a little and make the tenon shoulder slope inwards a touch. (Think valley rather than hill). That way you’ll still get a nice seal on the outside.Ooh, good spot Ash. I think it's symptomatic of something I've been struggling with, and that's getting the tenon shoulder flat and at right angles to the tenon, in this case on the section. The shoulder has a definite slope to it. The gap goes all the way round.
A close up look also highlights that I forgot to clean up & polish the barrel tenon before I cut the threads. They look awful close up. Both fixable with a bit more attention to detail.
As always, thank you Ash!