Morris Chair Project! #4: Cutting the mortises!

CJ,

Lookin’ Good!

I think it is probably easier on your mortiser to use a smaller bit/chisel combination and make more passes.

Lew

-- Lew- Time traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!

Maybe but its hard to get good wide mortises with a smaller bit/chisel combination.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Even with the smaller chisel there looking good.

go man go

-- -erik & christy-

I had to do the same thing, for my night stands, Charles—two passes @ 3/8” each.

Actually, I think yours came out really nicely !

Did you remember to leave them a 16th inch, or so, too deep … to leave some space for glue ?

Nice job !

-- -- Neil

Nice work!! Remember, it is what it looks like when you’re done that’s important.

-- Matt Garcia Wannabe Period Furniture Maker, Houston TX

well done , charles .
now you are into the build .

looks good !

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Yes I did Neil!

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

beats a hammer and chisel… lookin good

-- jack -- ...measure once, curse twice!

Yes it does!

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Good start Charles this should turn out great.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Good start B. Have you cut any Tennons yet? How do they fit? What type of glue are you going to use?
Looking good.

-- Terry Roswell, L.A. (Lower Alabama) "Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans."

I started on the tenons today, I am using yellow wood glue.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Reading up- Beats my mortices, I have to use the drill press and hand chisel everything out!!!!

-- Bob Kenosha Wi.

That will work to, Bob.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker