Well, I got a chance to basically finish up my shelves this weekend. I had a BFO and used my drill press to drill the pilot holes for the brackets into the shelves. Brother and Sister decided that they wanted to help hang the shelves! Brother felt he could best help by climbing in this here …
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Marking and Cutting the Tenons
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 …
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 …