Hand tool tips and tricks #8: Waste Removal on a Through Mortise.

Looks like it might have been a good fit, if your sleeve wasnt in there too. : )

Ummmm…. Wait. What the?

-- ~Tony

Aw Snap!

-- Mauricio - Woodstock, GA - "Confusion is the Womb of Learning, with utter conviction being it's Tomb" Prof. T.O. Nitsch

So THAT’S why they call it a “dead blow” hammer!

-- You've got to be smarter than the tree.

Insult of the weekr award goes to Shane. I love this site.

Picklehead get’s runner up.

-- Make furniture that lasts as long as the tree - Ryan

Looking at some stitching around the sleeves of my shirt …. that aint no sleeve. Its a good thing you arent licensed to sell hot dogs in the state of Oregon because if shop was open there woulda been trouble.

-- "there aren’t many hand tools as awe-inspiring as the #8 jointer. I mean, it just reeks of cast iron heft and hubris" - Smitty

that’s how to do a through mortise in a pinch.

-- There is nothing like the sound of a well tuned hand plane. - http://timetestedtools.wordpress.com (timetestedtools at hotmail dot c0m)

Yeah upon further review…Stef is right. What the heck Ryan? Do we even want to know?

Shane – probably went something like this …...

“Now if i just lean a little harder on it, it should … pop … right … into .. place … grrr … AHHHHHHH (high pitched squeel).”

Is that a blood blister?

-- "there aren’t many hand tools as awe-inspiring as the #8 jointer. I mean, it just reeks of cast iron heft and hubris" - Smitty

I was assembling something a bit to big to do on my bench or my saw bench, so I was leaning on the mortise member just hand pressure, when it snapped int place. I tried to put the assembly on my bench and found that is was quite well attached to my pants. I believe my words were something to the effect of “Thank you god, for looking out for me today”.

Please tell me I am not the only person who has done this.

-- Make furniture that lasts as long as the tree - Ryan

The lesser endowed go unscathed all the time; just ask Stef.

-- ~Tony

We really get attached to our work, Sometimes, don’t we?

I suddenly found myself reading that last paragraph in a higher voice.

Sorry about your misfortune Ryan, but I sure as hell ain’t rubbing it better.

-- Andy -- Old Chinese proverb say: If you think something can't be done, don't interrupt man who is doing it.

Reminds me of that chinese man, Wun Hung Lo.

-- Andy -- Old Chinese proverb say: If you think something can't be done, don't interrupt man who is doing it.