Hi there,
I'm pretty new to woodworking, and use mostly hand tools (I've got a planer, power drill and a circular saw and that's about it as far as powered goes). I'm in the middle of my first 'real' (i.e. not shop tools) project, a bookshelf with long walnut verticals (an adaptation of Fine Woodworking's "Bookshelves in a Day", though it's been more like "Bookshelves over the course of several months aka 28 Dados Later' with my skill-level).
Anyhow as you can see in the picture there are all these notches on the 7ft verticals. Unfortunately, I messed up a bit and need to adjust them a bit - basically widening a few of the so that at least the bottom shelf of the notches lines up with the other vertical's notch. So my question is: what would your technique be to widen these notches very slightly, like 1/16" of an inch or so, depending? For the dado parts, I've been able to use a carcass saw. But that can't work for the notches because it's a back saw. I'm thinking maybe paring chisels (which I don't have yet - tried with regular ones but they're not deep enough....) but would like some advice on how to do it square, make it clean, etc.
Thanks everyone!
Bobby