Yes, I've seen those but never used them. I usually plow a groove and make wooden buttons. Oh, and good on 'ya for making furniture for benefit auction!
Best,
Chris
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Yes, I've seen those but never used them. I usually plow a groove and make wooden buttons. Oh, and good on 'ya for making furniture for benefit auction!
Best,
Chris
If the edges of a mortise will be visible, such as on a through mortise, I’ll often chop with a slightly under-sized chisel, then pare the last bit to get the final size. I agree with what other people have said about picking straight-grain wood to help get cleaner edges.
Tom King … I didn’t see your Lervad bench under that 20’ beam.
The mortising was the beginning
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That is looking good!
Really? you guys chop mortises without cutting the sides? You normally use very straight grained stock?
As a hobby worker with no schedule to meet, and because chopping mortises is pleasant work I carefully work down all edges at least 1/16" before going a little faster.
Like the tear-out when chopping dovetail waste.. it's going to be covered (most of the time in mortises), so I generally don't bother.