Joinery for Stool Legs

[wizer]

Only got one day in the workshop over the weekend. Too cold in there.

Seeing as I had planed down the timber to about 18mm, I decided to make a full scale prototype. This gave me a practise run with the joinery.



Not sure about the centre stretcher, I used screws. Thought i'd use screws in the final piece and plug them. One less joinery headache.



Saying that, the seat joinery was not perfect.



All four mortices turned out to be too big on one side. Not entirely sure what happened there. I guess I'll just have to remember to stay in from the line while paring out the waste.

[engineerone]

wizer, did you cut the mortices from underneath, or from the top??

reason i ask is that i had the same kind of problem on my earlier table, and overcame the problem by outlining it in walnut.

but had i driven the mortices by hand from the bottom it would have been more accurate and easier to get them aligned properly.

paul

[wizer]

I actually did them from the top. But on the hardwood version I will have to cut them from the bottom, as the top is curved. I drilled out the mortises using my jig on the pillar drill first.



then cleaned up with chisels.

[colincott]

Tom

Do you have some brad point drill bits as you will get much better hole with the them

[wizer]

mmm do now