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 "version": "2026-10-20",
 "license": "Dimension sheets: CC BY 4.0. Standard and published-size files: CC BY 4.0. Xem Studio's own designs (files_license = Xem Studio Design License): free to use and sell things from, not to redistribute as files — https://xemstudio.com/license/. Other publishers' files: their own license, linked beside them.",
 "slug": "pegged-mortise-and-tenon-joint",
 "name": "Pegged mortise and tenon joint",
 "kind": "hardware",
 "category": "Joinery",
 "group": "Mortise & tenon joints",
 "year": null,
 "question": "Where does the peg go in a pegged mortise and tenon?",
 "tags": [
  "joinery",
  "woodworking joint",
  "3d printable",
  "connect 3d prints",
  "no glue",
  "stl",
  "step",
  "mortise & tenon joints"
 ],
 "aliases": [
  "pegged mortise and tenon",
  "pinned mortise and tenon",
  "pinned tenon",
  "caja y espiga con clavija",
  "Zapfen mit Holznagel"
 ],
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  "length": 80,
  "width": 80,
  "height": 20
 },
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 "sheet_txt": "https://xemstudio.com/objects/pegged-mortise-and-tenon-joint/sheet.txt",
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  "basis": "Xem Studio design — geometry computed in the generator from traditional proportions",
  "overall_mm": {
   "length": 80,
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   "height": 20
  },
  "notes": [
   "Woodworking joint drawn for 3D printing: the parts lock together by shape, so a print can be joined without glue or screws. Drawn at true size with the parts line to line (zero gap) in their assembled position — add your printer's fit allowance to the mating faces (your AI or slicer can do this).",
   "A peg through the cheeks of the mortise and the tenon locks the joint without glue."
  ],
  "table": {
   "columns": [
    "dimension",
    "value"
   ],
   "rows": [
    [
     "stock",
     "20 × 20 mm square"
    ],
    [
     "parts",
     "stile, rail, peg"
    ],
    [
     "tenon",
     "15 × 6.67 mm, 15 mm long"
    ],
    [
     "peg",
     "Ø5 × 20 mm, through both cheeks, centred on the tenon"
    ],
    [
     "assembles",
     "tenon in, peg through"
    ],
    [
     "holds",
     "pull-out, held by the peg in shear"
    ]
   ]
  }
 },
 "sheet_text": "Pegged mortise and tenon joint — dimension sheet\nSource: Xem Studio, https://xemstudio.com/objects/pegged-mortise-and-tenon-joint/  (sheet CC BY 4.0; files Xem Studio Design License, https://xemstudio.com/license/)\nBasis: Xem Studio design — geometry computed in the generator from traditional proportions\nCatalog version: 2026-10-20\n\nOverall (mm): length 80.0, width 80.0, height 20.0\n- Woodworking joint drawn for 3D printing: the parts lock together by shape, so a print can be joined without glue or screws. Drawn at true size with the parts line to line (zero gap) in their assembled position — add your printer's fit allowance to the mating faces (your AI or slicer can do this).\n- A peg through the cheeks of the mortise and the tenon locks the joint without glue.\n\ndimension  value\nstock  20 × 20 mm square\nparts  stile, rail, peg\ntenon  15 × 6.67 mm, 15 mm long\npeg  Ø5 × 20 mm, through both cheeks, centred on the tenon\nassembles  tenon in, peg through\nholds  pull-out, held by the peg in shear\n\nFiles elsewhere (not hosted by Xem Studio; license as stated by the publisher):\n- Xem Studio: Joinery design (geometry computed in the generator from traditional proportions) — web — Xem Studio design — https://xemstudio.com/\n\nFree files (Xem Studio Design License, Xem Studio; STEP + STL, 4 parts): https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/pegged-mortise-and-tenon-joint/index.json\nAPI: https://xemstudio.com/api/geometry?object=pegged-mortise-and-tenon-joint\n",
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  {
   "publisher": "Xem Studio",
   "title": "Joinery design (geometry computed in the generator from traditional proportions)",
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    "web"
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  "mesh_price_usd": null,
  "step_price_usd": null,
  "tolerance_mm": null
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 "related": [
  "drawbore-mortise-and-tenon-joint",
  "blind-mortise-and-tenon-joint"
 ],
 "fits": [],
 "dimensions": "exact (nominal, no printing tolerance)",
 "dimension_rule": "All geometry on Xem Studio is exact (nominal, true size) with no printing tolerance. Where a part meets another part, the object lists its mating features (feature, exact size, what it mates with, fit class: press, slide, run, socket, clamp or designed). Apply your process's allowance to those features only; 'designed' gaps are part of the design and stay as drawn.",
 "mating": [],
 "faq": [
  {
   "q": "How big is the peg?",
   "a": "Ø5 mm here — about a quarter of the stock, through the middle of the tenon."
  }
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   "note": "Ø5 mm peg"
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   "note": "All parts in their assembled position (each part its own solid)"
  }
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}