05 August 2012

Mortises

While the second set of back posts were steaming away on this steamy August afternoon I was cutting mortises in the for the back rest slats in the first set.  I considered making a jig to do this with a router but decided that it would be just as quick and easy to do it the traditional way, with a mortise chisel and a mallet.

P1010065 

Ben made the chisel for me a couple of years ago and it worked quite well. 

The next step is to bring all the parts down to final dimension.

cheers – dj

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