I have a question about aesthetics and maybe technique, depending on the answer, for chamfering parts of a garden bench.
Here's a photo (just a dry fit of some of the parts)
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Before gluing up, I am intending to chamfer, among other things, the long edges of the legs and arms, which are all 2.5" x 2.5" and at the moment flush with each other at the joint.
I have seen benches in catalogs where they seem to have run everything, including the ends of the parts, over a router with a chamfer or roundover bit, which leaves a v-shaped grove at the joints. When using hand tools, would one normally stop the chamfer where two parts meet for a flush joint and maybe less mass-produced look, or chamfer the entire edge of the parts?
Also, if I am using a block plane for most of the work and want to get a crisp edge where the chamfer stops, is the best tool a chisel, or a spokeshave, or something else.