Adventures of a Novice Woodworker #3: Mortise? No thank you, I'm full...
Now for the rest of the photos of the work performed so far on my introductory woodworking project. After cutting all the pieces to size, the next step was to mortise the legs. We used a router table with a couple stop-blocks set to control the length of the mortises. (If you look closely, you can see that the stop-blocks use our instructor’s patented Micro-Adjustable Depth Control System™ – he sells them for $30/set. What a deal!) Here are the legs after mortising. In case you’re wondering, each piece is 2 legs. They’ll be cut down and the tops chamfered in the next class. From there, it’s on to cutting the tenons in the carcase sides. We used...
