I marked the Tenon cut marks all the way around. I also made sure to X off the scrap on both ends at the same time so I didn’t accidentally end up with a 90 degree twist in my tenons. I cut the ends on my miter box down to the lines. It really helps to cut …
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Mortising the uprights for the bookshelf
I remember my dad telling me to hide the worst face when your making something out of wood. That means that the worst of the knots in the wood are on the side that I will be cutting the mortises into. I had to flip the 2nd piece of wood so that the knots didn’t …
Cutting in the mortise.
Not being sure how to do the corners of a mortise and keeping things clean, I thought I would drill pilot holes. This should keep my chisel cuts from “running” down the wood beyond where I am cutting, and give me a gauge of how deep I need to go. I can’t really get them …
Practicing cutting a Tenon
I had never cut a mortice and tenon wood joint before, so I thought I would practice on some of the scrap pieces from cutting my uprights to size. This looks pretty good. Ohhps, rolling it over shows that I didn’t have my saw straight. I may cut at least the cuts from the sides in …
Measure Twice, Cut Once
Or… I have cut it 3 times and it is STILL too short! Here I have the wood all set up on my handy table saw rollers that I also use as saw horses – at least for picking stuff up so I don’t have to always bend to reach it. I have picked out the straightest …