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The best method for mortising is to first bore the areas at either end of the mortise, then space the next few mortises the width of the mortising chisel. In this case, the spacing works almost perfectly.The goal is to allow the chisel bit to have enough wood to drill straight without wandering from side-to-side. On some mortises the spacing between the first holes will be less than the width of the chisel (far left).

Complete the mortise by drilling away the waste between the first mortises.This allows the mortise chisel to cut most efficiently without pulling to the left or right and bending the chisel (left).

tom edge of each stretcher and cut the shape on the band saw. The easiest way to mark this curve is with a flexible ¹/8" wood strip bent to the 1" mark and then traced with a pencil.

One last step before assembly. The top is held in place by table top fasteners. These are screwed into the underside of the top, and fit into ¹/8"-wide grooves in the aprons. These fasteners allow the top to adjust to wood movement without affecting the base. Run these grooves on all four aprons on the table saw. This will let you decide which way the top will fit later.

You're ready to sand, then glue up the

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base. A dry fit is definitely a good idea to make sure everything fits and to make sure you know how to hold everything in place once the glue goes on.

With the base glued and clamped, cut the pieces for the top, and glue them together. To reduce the amount of sanding necessary, a few biscuits added to the joint will help align the pieces and keep them from slipping during glue-up.

When the base is ready, mark each of the peg locations on the mortise and tenon joints, and drill a x /4" hole at each location. Then peg the holes with V4" oak dowels. Cut the excess dowel length flush

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2"

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20"

¹/4" oak peg into tenon

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to the table leg and finish sand.

Unclamp the top and sand it flat. Then mark 2¹/2" in from each corner and run a line at a 45-degree angle to clip the corners of the top on the band saw to an octagon shape. Then finish sand the top.

I used the same finish on the table that was used on the chair. If you've built the chair as well, put a nice lamp on the table, get a good book, and sit down to some early 20th century comfort. PW

³/8" x 1" x 1" tenon w/ 45° angle cut on end

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³/8" x 2 ¹/2" x 1" tenon w/ 45° angle cut on end

Stretcher

¹/4" x 5 ¹/4" x ¹/2" tenons on panel ends

Panel