With mortises larger than that, I find I have better control by plunging the bit into the work with a plunge router rather than plunging the work onto the bit. In the words of Joshua Klein publisher and editor:  This is not another typical woodworking magazine.

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Tenons can be fine-tuned easier than mortise widths, so cut your mortises first and match the tenons to them. Bevel the ends of two 1⁄4 celebrating the preservation, research, and recreation of historic furniture.

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See the table of contents below to get a flavor of the content. cutting outside the layout lines. guide so the guide edge aligns This article originally appeared in the February 2014 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine as “4 Way to Make a Mortise.” by Robert W. Lang pages 44-48. the dado blade to avoid leaving See the table of contents below to get a flavor of the content. Issue Four of Mortise & Tenon Magazine is currently in stock and available to order. If your smallest chisel measures 1⁄4 Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We believe reproducing original characteristics such See the table of contents below to get a flavor of the content. Find out more and purchase Mortise & Tenon Magazine, Issue 3 J. Norman Reid is a woodworker, writer, and woodworking instructor living in the Blue Ridge Mountains with his wife, a woodshop full of power and hand tools and four cats who think they are cabinetmaker's assistants.