Laying Out the Tenons
…the other side piece To mark the thickness of the tenon, set a single pin gauge to the width of your ½” (13mm) chisel. Register the stock of your gauge…
…the other side piece To mark the thickness of the tenon, set a single pin gauge to the width of your ½” (13mm) chisel. Register the stock of your gauge…
Firstly, mark the width of the mortise hole by running your mortise gauge -still set as before- between the two pencil lines on one of the faces. Then flip over…
…to mark the 1″ shoulder with a pencil before running your mortise gauge. Without changing the distance between your pins, loosen the locking nut of your mortise gauge and slide…
…lateral pressure to keep the stock of the marking gauge well registered at all times. Mark the waste wood with an X. Set you single pin gauge to 1/4″ (6mm)…
Set a marking gauge to ¼” (or 6mm) and use it to mark between the two pencil lines on both edges. When using a marking gauge, the trick is to…
…tool to have! Stop Marking Gauge Jarring If your marking gauge catches every now and then, lower the stock and use a rag to coat the stem in bees wax,…
…making sure you don’t drift from the wall of the hinge. Next, use a gauge to mark the depth of the hinge on the edge of your lid. Set the…
…gauge line, making sure not to cut into your shoulder line. Create a relief with a 1″ chisel Carefully saw down the shoulder to just above the depth line Repeat…
…quite standard for haunches. You must now mark the width of the mortise hole with a mortise (or combination) gauge. Here, Paul is going for a ⅜” (10mm) mortise, which…
…bottom faces Next, take the frame apart and set a marking gauge to the distance from the front edge to the start of the recess. Use the gauge to mark…