The UPS girl was good to me yesterday. She delivered a set of Sukezane Oirenomi chisels from Stan and the BenchCrafted Classic vise screw with the 14" Crisscross. Xmas in June and pretty close to the Summer Solstice as well. With the vise screw in hand there will be no delay once the slab is finished.
The chisels still in the box:
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Exciting photo , the next is even more exciting, the BC screw also in the box it came in:
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Next up is chopping the long stretcher mortises. The mortises are marked and are ~25mm wide. I'll use a long 3/4" drill to drill out most of the waste and then clean 'em up with chisels. Because the bottom and top of the mortises are angled I'll use the tenon cheek cutoffs as a guide for the drill.
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The long stretcher mortises are the final step on the base units before glue up. A way to go yet but I can almost smell the barn.
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