Mortises and Other Holes - Part 4

2009.10.07

I started today by working on the through mortise for the long stretcher in the front left leg.  Again I used a brace and bit to drill holes the rest of the way through from where the drill press left off, then the jigsaw to square the sides, and chisels and rasps to refine.

Then it was back to the sliding vise to finish the through mortise for the parallel guide.

Then I moved on to the next leg.  I worked on the two mortises for the short stretchers.  One of them fits so snug I had to put my knee on the leg to pull the stretcher back out.  That’s a first.

After those were done I did the through mortise for the long stretcher.

I have not actually checked the fit of the long stretchers yet, so I will still need to do some work on those four through mortises and the tenons.