Don't make my mistake..

I’m sure this will be more than obvious to most people but I thought I would share from previous experience cutting haunched mortices given that was the subject of the latest series video online.

I’m very much a novice and have made the small table from Paul’s DVD series… When I came to sawing the sides of the haunch I was putting all my attention on making sure the side of the saw was exactly in line with where I wanted to make my cut and failed to notice that with almost each stroke I was hitting the lower most shoulder line/cut (which I had chopped perfectly!) with the toe of the saw. I didn’t notice until I had completed that one leg and with the tenon in place it would have been visible in the finished table, meaning some serious correction.

I’m not sure if the visibility will be an issue with this project as I’m not sure on the finished aesthetics obviously , but I hope this helps someone.

P.s Great series ! !

Martyn Chick, IOW, UK