FWW had an article recently about wedging tenons, both tusks and the simple
split tenon type. The author suggested that the key to all wedging was to
make the wedge 5 degrees or less.

Take it for what it's worth.

Matthew Groves
Kearney, Nebraska

on 5/12/03 10:39 AM, steve knight at stevek@k... wrote:

> I use 10 degrees. I don't know if it is the best but it works with my
> methods. But something to think about the wood the wedge and plane are
> made out of is a key. The harder the woods the more the wedge sticks and
> the harder to adjust.
> That's why I like oak and beech and such for wedges over purpleheart or
> ebony or cocobolo or such.