Which woodworking joints can I model in Mortise?

Cut one board, then the other.

No tool cuts both halves of a joint at once. You cut the tails, then the pins; the tenon, then the mortise. The mating board starts out matched, and a short board is a short board, as it would be on the bench.

Dovetails

Tails or pins, with the count, depth and slope set once: 1:6, 1:7 or 1:8.

Mortise and tenon

Through or blind, offset, angled or bare-faced tenons, and mortises that can be tilted up to 45°.

Box joints and bridles

Equal fingers across an end, or an open slot down it.

Dadoes, grooves and rabbets

Across the grain, along it, or as a step at an end, stopped or through, plus tongues, T-slots, dovetail slots and half and cross laps.

Holes

Round bores with presets for ¼″ shelf pins, ⅜″ dowels and 35 mm hinge cups, and grids of 20 mm or ¾″ dog holes.

Real hardware in real holes.

Pick two boards and how they are held, and Mortise drills the holes and picks a standard size from the wood it passes through. If nothing stocked is long enough it says so and suggests something that is.

Glue

Over the whole joint.

Screws and pocket screws

½″ to 6″, gauge by length, with optional countersinks and plugs; pocket screws from a jig chart by thickness.

Nails

Brads, finish nails or common nails.

Dowels, biscuits and Dominos

¼″, ⅜″ or ½″ dowels; #0, #10 or #20 biscuits; 5×30 to 10×50 Dominos.

Bolts

Carriage, hex and lag bolts.

Cleats and tabletop clips

A cleat screwed to one board, figure-8s or Z-clips letting a top move.

Hinges, slides and the rest.

Hardware is placed by how the boards sit. A hinge is offered only where the door can swing at least 90° clear, and a drawer slide is the longest standard length that fits the run.

Hinges

Concealed, butt, piano and pivot.

Slides

Side mount and undermount, 8″ to 24″.

Stays and catches

Folding stays, gas struts, magnetic, roller and push-to-open catches.

Brackets, knock-down and shelf hardware

L-brackets, mending plates, cams, cross dowels, threaded inserts, shelf pins and spoons.

Questions people ask.

Does Mortise make the matching half of a joint for me?

No. Each half is cut on its own board, as in the shop, but the second board starts with the first one's settings so the two match.

Are the hinges and slides real products?

They are drawn from real hardware, such as a 35 mm cup concealed hinge, as visual references. Check the maker's data for loads.

Do glued boards move together?

Yes. Boards glued, screwed or nailed together move as one, and a cut that crosses the joint cuts both, like sawing a glue-up.

The rest of Mortise.

• Cut listsThe parts to saw, the boards to buy, the hardware and the tools, read off the model.
• Real lumber sizesDimensional lumber, hardwood by the quarter, metric timber and sheet goods at their real sizes.
• Cut sheetsNumbered cutting diagrams and a cutting plan as a PDF that reads at print size.
• Bent woodKerf bending, steam bending and bent lamination, with the radius each wood will take.