Recent content by Esa1carpenter

Thanks again for you kind words and advice much appreciated. p.s To be honest the teacher is not usually dismissive but he is constantly running around the workshop because people are calling for him every minute. But hey, as you said, everydaus a learning opportunity!:)

Ok thanks alot for the taking the time to answer, I'm in on monday so I'm should be able to hone my skills. cheers :D

to big-all yes they were machined mortises, which were modified manually however upon instruction from my teacher. Once he saw it was not a snug fit he told me maybe to shave mortise sides a bit. (blame him lol) but the pointis even before i touched it there was not a snug fit.

Yes, I made sure the both the hauches were the same depths (10cm) it just so happened i had the same issue. I think it maybe is a case of practice makes perfect than a practical problem. But it is so frustrating because my teacher couldnt understand either. Could it of have been badly cut...

Hi Currently studying Carpentry/joinery at college level1. My issue is I'm in the process of making the panel of a door using haunches on tenons. Yet everytime I cut the tennons on the top and bottom rails and than slide them into the mortises it is not a snug fit. I'm not referring to...