Here are some photos of cutting the new tenons.
V'ing the knife line:
Sawing the shoulder:
Finished tenon:
Next up is fitting the tenons to the base units. Once that is done I'll clean up the base parts and glue 'em up.
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Sunday, July 07, 2019
Bench Long Stretcher
Friday night I screwed up one of the long stretcher tenons. After several rounds of "what if" and "yes but" I made the correct decision and went to the woodstore Saturday and picked up a nice hunk of 12/4 Poplar and started over.
Here are some photos of cutting the new tenons.
V'ing the knife line:
Sawing the shoulder:
Here are some photos of cutting the new tenons.
V'ing the knife line:
Sawing the shoulder:
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ohhhh a Bad Axe's Disston D8. I bet its a sweet tool.
ReplyDeleteBob, with two original Disston's D8. Awesome ripping saw
Bob,
DeleteIt is but I hate to admit about half the time I pick up one of my Stanley hardpoint saws. Good saws out the kazoo and the most used ones are cheap Stanleys. Go figure.
ken
What happened that it couldn't be fixed and placed on the back of the bench? That's a lot of wood to scrap.
ReplyDeleteSteve,
DeleteIts tenon was originally sawed too thick, trying to get as much room as possible for the tenon key. After looking at the needed size of the leg mortise vs. the leg I decided the leg mortise needed to be smaller. The decision to start over was mostly cost vs. time, after fitting the first tenon to the smaller mortise the decision was a no brainer. Poplar even at 12/4 is cheap vs. my time plus the old long stretchers will be easy to repurpose.
ken