excellent video! I am a teenager trying to get into woodworking using exclusively hand tools, not using any power tools at all, and this was very helpful for me.
That is great. Glad we could help. You will be well served by immersing your self in hand tools first. It will lead to a better understanding of woodworking. Cheers.
Anyone else ever notice woodworkers seem to spend way too much time online bitching about the way someone else is doing something? The only "correct" way of doing something is the way that feels most natural to you while yielding the results you want. Now go build something and enjoy yourself :D
correct me if i'm wrong.... i'm just getting into woodworking... but it looks like he's doing it wrong. why does he cut right up to the marked edge on the left then continue to use the corner to lever the waste out from the bottom. surely this isn't going to leave a clean mortise.
+Ryan Smith (rybotnik) I think that generally is the case with beveled bench chisels, but in my (limited) experience, leveraging with the flat back side of a mortising chisel is not as likely to damage the corner. But it's also likely a matter of the craftsman's personal standards. I don't know about you, but if a corner isn't going to be seen, I'm not that concerned if I have a few compressed fibers on it. Does that make it good habit? Well, no - maybe not. But that's something I'm okay with :P
You can see that as soon as he does that he damages the corners e.g. at 3:48. I was wondering what he would do once he was cutting right down his knife wall but he kept levering the waste out and inevitably damaged the corner.
Very late to the party, but maybe his tenon has a shoulder on four sides, so it could hide the gaps. Or, knowing peter Follensbee, it might just be something they didn't care about in the old days, therefore be doesn't care about it
Nothing too wrong? Look at the end result. The walls are not even square. That tenon is going to wiggle in there and the only fix (that many use) is glue. The bottom of the mortise isnt even properly clean out, and its not even properly horizontal, it has many slopes. Very unprofessional looking for a "professional"
@@solidsnake9332 Chopping is rough work, not finish work. The point of the vid is to demonstrate rapid waste removal. Do you whine about the unevenness left by your scrub plane, too?
@@solidsnake9332 i think it was more to show the basics of how to chop mortises. and through the glass is great to see what you're actually doing . but ya if it were a through mortise you'd actually need it square. still alot of good stuff in this video either way
You can cut tenons very effectively on a table saw. But, mortices are more easily cut with a router. I think the point of this video was to demonstrate visually what is going on within a mortice as you chop one with a traditional mortice chisel. While power tools are great time savers for removing waste, they rarely achieve the precision of cut that a craftsman desires. So, mastering traditional techniques is still very much a worthwhile endeavor. It can also be a therapeutic experience to go about one’s work employing traditional methods that inspire one to reminisce about ancestors and what their lives and work may have been like.
excellent video! I am a teenager trying to get into woodworking using exclusively hand tools, not using any power tools at all, and this was very helpful for me.
If you're looking to get Lie-Nielsen tools as a teenager, I hope you have wealthy parents.
Very fine indeed. Now I can get back to the shop and begin cutting mortises properly.
My thanks and admiration.
That is great. Glad we could help. You will be well served by immersing your self in hand tools first. It will lead to a better understanding of woodworking. Cheers.
Anyone else ever notice woodworkers seem to spend way too much time online bitching about the way someone else is doing something? The only "correct" way of doing something is the way that feels most natural to you while yielding the results you want. Now go build something and enjoy yourself :D
BRAVO.
Most “woodworkers” who comment on videos are of the armchair variety.
correct me if i'm wrong.... i'm just getting into woodworking... but it looks like he's doing it wrong. why does he cut right up to the marked edge on the left then continue to use the corner to lever the waste out from the bottom. surely this isn't going to leave a clean mortise.
+Ryan Smith (rybotnik) I think that generally is the case with beveled bench chisels, but in my (limited) experience, leveraging with the flat back side of a mortising chisel is not as likely to damage the corner. But it's also likely a matter of the craftsman's personal standards. I don't know about you, but if a corner isn't going to be seen, I'm not that concerned if I have a few compressed fibers on it. Does that make it good habit? Well, no - maybe not. But that's something I'm okay with :P
You can see that as soon as he does that he damages the corners e.g. at 3:48. I was wondering what he would do once he was cutting right down his knife wall but he kept levering the waste out and inevitably damaged the corner.
Ryan Smith yeah one should not come to the line until the end. He also did not get a square side.
I think you are right. Once you chop the marked line at the end of a mortise, you should no longer use that corner as support to pry.
Very late to the party, but maybe his tenon has a shoulder on four sides, so it could hide the gaps. Or, knowing peter Follensbee, it might just be something they didn't care about in the old days, therefore be doesn't care about it
My.....what a sharp chisel you have.
Lol
Awesome video!! Watching someone teaches you so much more!! I can't wait to try soon. Thank you for the videos and keep them coming please!
Awesome! Thanks for such good video
I can see from these comments that we have a load of new or unskilled woodworkers whining here.This chap did nothing too wrong.
Nothing too wrong? Look at the end result. The walls are not even square. That tenon is going to wiggle in there and the only fix (that many use) is glue. The bottom of the mortise isnt even properly clean out, and its not even properly horizontal, it has many slopes. Very unprofessional looking for a "professional"
@@solidsnake9332 Chopping is rough work, not finish work. The point of the vid is to demonstrate rapid waste removal. Do you whine about the unevenness left by your scrub plane, too?
@@solidsnake9332 when was the last time you chopped a mortise by hand? Probably never if you think the bottom has to be cleaned out perfectly.
@@solidsnake9332 i think it was more to show the basics of how to chop mortises. and through the glass is great to see what you're actually doing . but ya if it were a through mortise you'd actually need it square. still alot of good stuff in this video either way
What a cool teenager!
The ends look a little crappy don't they?
Depends, obviously you would want to take your time if your joints are visible. Plus it's all about that bottom shelf. Anyone can cut a straight side.
Japanese technique mortises are quite good.
what about table saw? there are power tools that are useful even to hand woodworkers
You can cut tenons very effectively on a table saw. But, mortices are more easily cut with a router. I think the point of this video was to demonstrate visually what is going on within a mortice as you chop one with a traditional mortice chisel. While power tools are great time savers for removing waste, they rarely achieve the precision of cut that a craftsman desires. So, mastering traditional techniques is still very much a worthwhile endeavor. It can also be a therapeutic experience to go about one’s work employing traditional methods that inspire one to reminisce about ancestors and what their lives and work may have been like.
Ok genius ,how does one cut a mortice on a table saw?
Is this a joke? :D
Not a very efficient and accurate way of chopping mortises. You should start at the edges and work towards the middle.
There’s no correct way to chop a mortise. Do what you’re comfortable with.
No need to “should “ on people. Peters way works fine. So does your way.