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Tricks of the Trade

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CIRCLE NO. 106 ON FREE INFORMATION CARD.

Mortising Spacer Reduces Measuring

THE WINNER:

I recently made a Morris chair that had 17 spindles on each side. With a tenon on each end of every spindle, I had a grand total of 68 mortises to make using my mortiser. The job required accurate alignment and consistent spacing of the V2" x mortises on the upper and lower rails of the chair.

It was easy enough to align the row of mortises across the thickness of the rails by setting the fence on my mortiser, but I really didn't want to have to lay out the spacing of each mortise along the length of each rail. To make the job easy, accurate and efficient, I first made a

V2" x ¹/2" hardwood plug that slipped snugly into a mortise. I then made a small block with a width that equaled the intended distance between the right sides of two adjacent mortises. I glued the block to the top of the hardwood plug to create an L-shaped spacer.

Mortiser chisel

' Insert L-shaped spacer into mortise

After cutting the first mortise in a rail, I inserted the spacer, then slid the rail over so the spacer contacted the mortising chisel, then made the next mortise. All subsequent mortises on the rail were quickly and accurately made in the same manner.

Mike Suddes Plainville, Massachusetts continued on page 20

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