So I built the foot stool to go with the Morris chair I recently completed. Went together great, looks great. Except one thing.
I must have gotten just a little too aggressive with the planer and I cut into the mortise for the stretcher. There is now a gap maybe 1/16-1/8" wide 3/4-1" long. I tried to fill it with sawdust and glue; I haven't put any finish on it but I don't love the way it turned out. I'd rather not start from scratch for one little spot. So my questions are 2:
1. I'm going to do Waterlox and then spray lacquer. Am I perseverating over something that will, for all intents and purposes, disappear in the finishing process?
2. Do I just take a different approach to fixing this? Lean into it, put a small bowtie or dutchman from the same stock in there?
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What say you?