# Stub tenon joint (frame and panel)

> What is a stub tenon?

- Category: Joinery › Mortise & tenon joints
- Kind: Hardware
- Basis: Xem Studio design — geometry computed in the generator from traditional proportions
- Page: https://xemstudio.com/objects/stub-tenon-joint/ · JSON: https://xemstudio.com/api/geometry?object=stub-tenon-joint · Plain text: https://xemstudio.com/objects/stub-tenon-joint/sheet.txt
- License: dimension sheet CC BY 4.0 (Xem Studio); files Xem Studio Design License (free to use and sell from, not to redistribute as files: https://xemstudio.com/license/)
- Use in every chat: add https://xemstudio.com/mcp as a connector (https://xemstudio.com/use-with-ai/)

## Overall (mm)

| length | width | height |
|---|---|---|
| 100.0 | 120.0 | 20.0 |

**Exact dimensions.** True size, with no printing tolerance added.

## 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 short tenon that sits in the panel groove — the quick frame-and-panel joint.

## Sizes

| dimension | value |
|---|---|
| stock | 20 × 20 mm square |
| parts | stile, rail |
| groove | 6.67 mm wide, 8 mm deep |
| stub tenon | 8 mm long, as thick as the groove |
| assembles | tenon into the groove |
| holds | light frames: cabinet doors, panels; glue or pin it |

## Where the files are

- Xem Studio: [Joinery design (geometry computed in the generator from traditional proportions)](https://xemstudio.com/) — web — Xem Studio design

## Free STEP/STL (3 parts, Xem Studio Design License, Xem Studio)

Index: https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/stub-tenon-joint/index.json · license: https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/stub-tenon-joint/LICENSE.md

- stub-tenon-joint-stile: [STEP](https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/stub-tenon-joint/stub-tenon-joint-stile.step) · [STL](https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/stub-tenon-joint/stub-tenon-joint-stile.stl) — Stile with a full-length groove
- stub-tenon-joint-rail: [STEP](https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/stub-tenon-joint/stub-tenon-joint-rail.step) · [STL](https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/stub-tenon-joint/stub-tenon-joint-rail.stl) — Rail with a short (stub) tenon that fills the groove
- stub-tenon-joint-assembled: [STEP](https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/stub-tenon-joint/stub-tenon-joint-assembled.step) · [STL](https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/stub-tenon-joint/stub-tenon-joint-assembled.stl) — All parts in their assembled position (each part its own solid)

## Questions

**How long is a stub tenon?**

As deep as the groove: 8 mm here.

## Fits with

- [Haunched mortise and tenon joint](https://xemstudio.com/objects/haunched-mortise-and-tenon-joint/)
- [Tongue and groove joint](https://xemstudio.com/objects/tongue-and-groove-joint/)