Project Information
From watching Norm or The Wood Whisperer or many of the other TV wood butchers route perfect mortises with nothing more than an edge guide, I know that nothing more is really necessary. For them! I need all the help that I can get to make mortises that are straight and correctly sized. After completing a Moxon bench for my bench, it came to me that by adding a bit of tee track and a piece of HDPE to the Moxon bench I could make something that would make it harder for me to make mistakes. The tee track is used to secure the stops that limit the travel of the router along the length of the mortise. The HDPE prevents the edge guide from backing away from the fence. These elements may not prevent screw-ups, but they should make it harder.