Thanks Paul, for all the fantastic videos and sharing of techniques and knowledge. I have reduced my machines to just a bandsaw as hand tool woodworking is so enjoyable.
Mr. Sellers - how are you not knighted yet? Your love for woodworking, and the great detail in teaching has made woodworking such an important part of my own life. I appreciate everything you do for us.
The sign of a master craftsman like Paul Sellers is that when you watch a master craftsman, he makes the job looks so easy when in reality it makes a lot of practice to achieve this level of craftsmanship. Thank you Mr. Sellers for showing us the right way for doing mortise and tenon joint. I plan on practicing this till I become good at it.
I think this will change the way I do mortise tenons from here on, could I respectfully ask if I could make the tenon length say 9/16th longer, then cut it off to finish size after the router work, rather than route the last 1/2 inch ?
I have been using guides for a while now for perpendicular cuts. I learned it from Charles Neil. He showed how he drilled and parried Mortise before he was able to afford a mortise machine. I have done it that way too. I now own a bench top mortise machine but I will definitely try this method because sometimes the setup time might just be longer than the actual time used to cut a mortise by hand.
Yes, that is fine, but in my work, and in an upcoming project on masterclasses.com I add enough to the tenon length of the first tenon top make my gauge from. I also always cut two tenons at once so the length of tenons at say 1 1/2" becomes three inches between shoulder lines plus a kerf width and `i get two tenons at once.
The idea of doing 2 two tenons as a single piece and then cutting it in half just blew my mind... :) Thanks for all the amazing work you and your team do on this channel; you're an amazing teacher!
Very good work. I am at an age where the noise of industry can be left at the job site. The quiet chisel and plane brings back the joy in woodworking classic style.
Great tutorial as usual, Paul. I like to make the tenon half an inch longer than finished size. That way you can just cut off the end router support rather than muck about getting down to thickness.
Paul If I could give you a thousand thumbs up, I would. This is probably the best ever method for a tenon and mortise fitting that I've ever seen. Thanks for this video, I'll treasure it in my mind.
What a delight to see someone call the correct tool a ‘router’! I’m a lifelong collector and user of routers and chisels dating back to 16th C. My current project is a farm house, 6 out buildings and a 60,000 sq’ dairy barn built in 1904. They’ve been horribly abused and scavenged so I bought a turn of C lumber mill, wood lot acreage and brought all my tools to restore it all asking only tools that existed when the buildings were built. 😁
"and it's all yours, go ahead and practice it, and you will have tenon making down for the rest of your life" this is what i love about these videos. There is a tradition of master craftsmen being closemouthed and secretive, but here one of the best just wishes to pass on the craft to those who care to learn. Thank . you.
wow Paul your so very very generous to the hand tool woodworkers may I on behalf of all of us say a very very big thank you . you inspire me to get in the workshop and its fantastic for being disabled it get me exercise and mental stimulation . pete
That is a great tip to use a tenon as a guide for the mortise! The idea that practice is needed is not intuitive. Often we take initial failure as inability instead of enjoying the journey to becoming adequate and then eventually consider ourselves adept. Bravo!
Mr. Sellers, thank you very much for this and all the other teaching videos you have in your channel. They are amazing. Although I have power tools, I reaIy enjoy working with hand tools. Take longer but the joy is incredible. I have always love woodworking and now that I´m retired I builded a shop in my farm to enjoy what I love more; Family, life in the farm and woodworking. My best regards to you from Panamá Sir.
When I started wood working as a kid, my dad told me wood working is using common sense to work things out, this method proves he was right, Great video. And I've been woodworking for 20 years and still learning from videos like this, it's what it's all about.👍
I never got the chance to spend time with my grandpas before they passed away. I wish I could have learned from them the same way I'm learning from you. Thanks gramps!
Nothing against other contributors, but I have learned so much more from you. Thank you so much for offering these videos to everyone. Thank you again for you time and expertise.
so refreshing that you took your time and didn't do the fast forward high speed when you did the other side of the mortise. that is so important to show the true rhythm of hand tool work.
I used to own a boat which had been built in Devon. The steps into the cabin were angled, probably 60 degrees or so. The joiner had made through tenons for each step and they were perfect, immaculate, flawless. If I can manage the same before my time is up I'll be happy. Excellent instruction as always Paul. Thank you.
Did anyone else spit out there coffee when a 3x3x5" through tenon just dropped perfectly into place along all 7 facets of the joint on the first test fit? I know I did! I love this channel LOL :)
Mr. Sellers, you are a genius! You have opened the door for me to a world of working wood "unplugged". I have two of your great books ( "Essential Woodworking Hand Tools" and "Working Wood") and the DVD set "Using and Sharpening Essential Woodworking Hand Tools". I cannot thank you enough.
I think you Sir are Amazing****** I was a carpenter for 30yrs useing power tools for everything, Iam now just getting into hand tools because I lost alot of my eyesight from glaucoma. I learn so much from you. Thank you..Paul.
Love your work Paul . I recently used a similar method to do a 25 Inch scarf joint on a sailing mast and it was something I learnt from you a wile back I just applied it to a different application . I have recently finished another Christmas star in another table top this time in teak wood and spotted gum and spruce similar to the one in the photo I sent you some time back You must of liked it as you have placed it in your photo section on your web site . This last table was for a client on a 7 Million dollar yacht the owner was ecstatic and said it was a work of art so I thank you for what you have achieved in being able to come up with simple but effective ways of teaching people all over the globe the fine art of Joinery I'm looking forward to re-joining your paid section once financers allow me to do so .
Absolutely amazing, what a simple but effective way to make a joint that is thousands of years old. Who could have thought it could be improved over all that time, but it just has been. I tip my hat to you Sir. Thank you for sharing this wonderful method. Why couldn’t you have been my wood working teacher
Wild enthusiastic applause. This is why I need to upgrade from my poor man’s router. Come to think of it though, my poor man’s router does hold its adjustment very very well (I was very forceful getting it in there…) so if you don’t have two routers a poor man’s router can be useful for the finishing depth, and a more adjustable router to the roughing work.
Focused thought on how to make the blades go where we want is what makes this craft so fascinating. Using two router planes so the setting of the finish work makes so much sense. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and being so inspiring.
He makes it look so easy, eh? One of these days I'll start making stuff after watching these. It helps that the tools used are top notch and sharper than anything I could get. I plan on starting with the tool bench series.
What I really like about Paul Sellers is that he is not lazy and take a short cut. In this case he want all through although he could have stopped and said "And then you do just the same on the other side".
Bloody brilliant, reminds me of one of my lecturers who was another master of his craft, I felt like I was back at college learning brickwork for a while. thanks Paul.
A suggestion - butt up againt another piece of wood levelled with the top of the workpiece. That way you can plane away the entire tenon in one operation with support on both sides. If you clamp both pieces to a support below you can be confident they will not move relative to each other in the vise. Lovely to watch you work - you make it look effortless. It's only when one tries it oneself that one realizes what an artist you are: how much of what you do is directed at making everything you do exactly what you are trying to do.
Dear Paul even so we don´t know each other, it feels like i know you well through all the work I've seen from you i realy like to thank you for all your content and especially for this unike technic that i have never seen bevor anywhere and you give it away so generous !! sincerely Hubert
I had created a tenon and then watched this video, tenon scrapped and redone, I even purchased a small had router as my mortise and tenon is for a hand mirror. Guess what one perfect tenon, your videos are brilliant and this method is the total opposite of what I was taught at school nearly 50 years ago. Hope you are going to do a dovetail version.
Brilliant! I wish I'd learned this in wood shop so many years ago. Amazingly, we were not provided with hand routers like Paul is using. I'd never seen these until recently. Trying to saw the tenons with a back-saw was the best we learned. The keys to this method: 1. proper millwork of the stock 2. NOT adjusting the finish router 3. Keeping chisels very, very sharp
Thank you Paul, that was unquestionably the most valuable and impressive example of ingenuity and skill that I have ever seen . The longest video I have ever watched , and shall watch again. You have given all of us out 'ere something priceless
Your instructional videos are inspiring, hopefully the younger generation will begin taking the trade up and have a lifelong occupation with their hands in lieu of college. We need more craftsman. Thanks Paul for you Lifetime of excellence.
Paul, I have been watching your videos for some time now and have learned much from watching your work patterns. Thank you for what you do! I just completed a desk for my daughter designed to fit her apartment. Completely electricity-free! From sizing the raw lumber to the dovetailed cabinet to the mortices and tenons...all hand done! Thanks, Paul!
I've tried it, and I love it! I've struggled with mortise and tenons, and this method made them so much better. Still not perfect, but with some practice I think I'll have it. Thanks for sharing!
Your tutorials are so great. I think you explain and demonstrate whatever method you are teaching better than anyone else. I have yet to make a mortise and tenon joint and I will definitely use your method. You, sir, are brilliant!
Using the router plane as a marking gauge is a brilliant idea. I often find that my Stanley hand router is quicker and easier than dragging out and setting up my electric router. Love the concept of "reaching for the sky'
Beautifully done. SO much more pride in workmanship than I attain with my electrical toys. I wish I wasn't under such a time crunch to get so much done so I could slow it down and feel the shaping of the wood under my own power. I will make my living room furniture this way, no excuses.
My grandfather was a carpenter. He died while I was in diapers. I am told he said "I only wish I'd had time for the wee fella" before he passed. I would he'd had that time with me too. I appreciate your work and willingness to share. Thank you.
I was thinking "dammit paul, you have already covered mortise & tenon... repost" - little did I know. Very well thought out method, looks like the perfect way to do perfect mortises. Thank you
Dagnabbit, Mr. Sellers, because of you I have a router plane; now it looks like I'll have to get another and, while I'm at it, a set of a few mortise chisels (or at least firmer) to keep the pair of planes company. (Yes it truly is impossible to have enough tools, space to keep them in, and/or, especially, enough money to afford it all. But at least the work keeps us out of trouble. and it looks like this time I'll be making a router plane instead of buying one, as well as adding a wider wooden base to the one I have.)
You do not have to have two routers to do this. You can use the one router and reset after the depth lines are marked. In this case you will rough down all of the cheeks and then, when all are roughed down, reset the depth according to the depth line and finish off to depth.
Paul- How did you determine the depth of the Router to make the shoulder markings? Did you take the width of the board, subtract the thickness of the desired tenon, and then divide by 2 to get the depth of the router plane chisel?
The chisel width determines the general size of tenon and mortise. In this method we actually ignore the dead width of the chisel and 1-2mm. In other words we set the router cutting edge to about 1/2 to 1mm shy of dead on so that we leave meat (wood) on the walls of the mortise and the face of the tenon. The last skim with the router surface planes the tenon on both cheeks and the pare cuts with the wider (1") chisel surfaces the inside walls of the mortise by using the guide to reference the face of the chisel as it progresses down into and along the walls.
Thanks, Paul. Im starting the workbench project from your book. Now I know I'll get the joints perfect, but I don't have 3 routers. I think I'll use a poor mans routers for the first passes, keep my Stanley set in one place for the entire operation. Another possibility, I could stick a shim to my router base, then peel it off for the final pass.
Brilliant~! Both you and Rob Cosman have completely changed my outlook on hand-tool woodworking. For years, my thoughts were that the hand-tool side was for doing the fine-tuning part of the job, not the "heavy work". I've learned that I was wrong, wrong, wrong. Thank you for the instructional video~!
This is a superb method for the people like me I can never make tenon or mortise straight ever I will definitely try this method thanks for sharing this video
Elegant, seemingly bulletproof method - this is really exciting stuff, great job! It's a special case (equal work-piece thicknesses) but one that comes up very often. I almost didn't watch it, but am very glad I did, as it's truly different from anything I've yet seen. Thank you.
Brilliant video, love the user of a router plane. Just thinking I'll knock the ends off with a slightly wider chisel almost in one, the grain will be fine over such a short distance and it's so satisfying and really quick
The first time I used a guide to parry something perpendicular my woodworking became 100% better. It's really hard to do free handed and the walls are so much crisper. I think if I would have learned or thought of this technique I wouldn't have even bothered to have bought a mortising machine. Just saying keep up the good work I love how youtube can bring you into a person's workshop and see just how other people do things and keeping an open mind to it.
When I got to the point where I was grading a step in a student's progress, I'd ask if the student felt he or she could teach what they have learned to a friend or loved one. They said, "Yes." I feel that way today. Thank you.
Just tried this method and I love it. I only did one test joint, but I can definitely see how having the jig would lead to much more consistent joints. Thanks!
Thanks Paul, for all the fantastic videos and sharing of techniques and knowledge. I have reduced my machines to just a bandsaw as hand tool woodworking is so enjoyable.
Thank you for the tip and for your kind comment!
Mr. Sellers - how are you not knighted yet? Your love for woodworking, and the great detail in teaching has made woodworking such an important part of my own life. I appreciate everything you do for us.
knighted? what being a knight has anything to do with it? Paul is a great woodworker, a master at his craft.
But a Knight?
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Thank You !
This is such an innovative method for making a beautiful mortise and tenon joint.
The sign of a master craftsman like Paul Sellers is that when you watch a master craftsman, he makes the job looks so easy when in reality it makes a lot of practice to achieve this level of craftsmanship.
Thank you Mr. Sellers for showing us the right way for doing mortise and tenon joint. I plan on practicing this till I become good at it.
I'm just starting out. The end of this video is why I can't get enough of Paul Sellers. "And it's all yours. You go ahead."
4 years later. How is it going now?
The idea in this presentation everyone is to kick start thinking differently and then working differently.
I think this will change the way I do mortise tenons from here on, could I respectfully ask if I could make the tenon length say 9/16th longer, then cut it off to finish size after the router work, rather than route the last 1/2 inch ?
McAVIT Yourway good idea !
I have been using guides for a while now for perpendicular cuts. I learned it from Charles Neil. He showed how he drilled and parried Mortise before he was able to afford a mortise machine. I have done it that way too.
I now own a bench top mortise machine but I will definitely try this method because sometimes the setup time might just be longer than the actual time used to cut a mortise by hand.
Yes, that is fine, but in my work, and in an upcoming project on masterclasses.com I add enough to the tenon length of the first tenon top make my gauge from. I also always cut two tenons at once so the length of tenons at say 1 1/2" becomes three inches between shoulder lines plus a kerf width and `i get two tenons at once.
The idea of doing 2 two tenons as a single piece and then cutting it in half just blew my mind... :) Thanks for all the amazing work you and your team do on this channel; you're an amazing teacher!
as a retired furniture maker who just loves youtube for different new ideas, i can honestly say using the the router to mark the edges is brilliance.
I have only recently discovered these posts by Paul Sellers. Just an absolute pleasure to watch and learn.
The joinery is amazing, Paul. Thank you for making it less scary for we mere mortals! 😊
every damn time I watch one of your instructional videos I learn 100 new things. Blown away, again.
If ever a woodworking tutorial deserved a billion views, this is the one.
this is the best practical demonstration i have ever watched it makes me feel like you dont need wood glue after this whaal well done
Very good work. I am at an age where the noise of industry can be left at the job site. The quiet chisel and plane brings back the joy in woodworking classic style.
The right tools for the job and the right attitude all combined with the skill of a master. A joy to watch. Thanks a lot.
Great tutorial as usual, Paul. I like to make the tenon half an inch longer than finished size. That way you can just cut off the end router support rather than muck about getting down to thickness.
Paul
If I could give you a thousand thumbs up, I would.
This is probably the best ever method for a tenon and mortise fitting that I've ever seen.
Thanks for this video, I'll treasure it in my mind.
You're such a legend for sharing these techniques, Paul.
It's not what you earn that makes a man, it's what you give. Super generous. Merci.
I have lost count of how many times I have watched this video, and still it is always a pleasure. Thank's again Paul.
What a delight to see someone call the correct tool a ‘router’! I’m a lifelong collector and user of routers and chisels dating back to 16th C. My current project is a farm house, 6 out buildings and a 60,000 sq’ dairy barn built in 1904. They’ve been horribly abused and scavenged so I bought a turn of C lumber mill, wood lot acreage and brought all my tools to restore it all asking only tools that existed when the buildings were built. 😁
"and it's all yours, go ahead and practice it, and you will have tenon making down for the rest of your life" this is what i love about these videos. There is a tradition of master craftsmen being closemouthed and secretive, but here one of the best just wishes to pass on the craft to those who care to learn. Thank . you.
MR. Sellers.....you are the man! Thanks for all you do for use weekend woodworkers.
Thank you Paul for sharing your method of precise mortise and tenon joinery - well done.
wow Paul your so very very generous to the hand tool woodworkers may I on behalf of all of us say a very very big thank you .
you inspire me to get in the workshop and its fantastic for being disabled it get me exercise and mental stimulation .
pete
“I’ll do this one while I’m in the zone”. Legend.
I've watched this several times and it is solid gold. Thanks Paul.
You sir, are a world heritage treasure! Thanks for all you do! And thanks to your son and team of videographers for the outstanding footage!
Paul??? The Dude!!! That was simply The Best!!!!!
Agreed that is the best way I have seen to make a mortise & tenon joint by hand! It would result in better quality hardwood doors.
That is a great tip to use a tenon as a guide for the mortise! The idea that practice is needed is not intuitive. Often we take initial failure as inability instead of enjoying the journey to becoming adequate and then eventually consider ourselves adept. Bravo!
That’s brilliant how simple and self-ensuring the method is.
Mr. Sellers, thank you very much for this and all the other teaching videos you have in your channel. They are amazing. Although I have power tools, I reaIy enjoy working with hand tools. Take longer but the joy is incredible. I have always love woodworking and now that I´m retired I builded a shop in my farm to enjoy what I love more; Family, life in the farm and woodworking. My best regards to you from Panamá Sir.
This is great, fantastic method for those us that don't get enough woodworking practise to learn this joint through and through. Many thanks Paul
When I started wood working as a kid, my dad told me wood working is using common sense to work things out, this method proves he was right,
Great video. And I've been woodworking for 20 years and still learning from videos like this, it's what it's all about.👍
When I grow up... I'll still want to be like you... Making perfection look easy! Thanks a lot from very confined northern Lower Canada
I never got the chance to spend time with my grandpas before they passed away. I wish I could have learned from them the same way I'm learning from you. Thanks gramps!
Paul, what a gift you have given woodworkers with this technique! THANK YOU.
I love this idea of retaining a planing guide/reference, feel like it would be really useful for longer joints
A really intelligent way to make sure the mortise is at the perfect position and has the right dimensions. Thank you Paul!
Nothing against other contributors, but I have learned so much more from you. Thank you so much for offering these videos to everyone. Thank you again for you time and expertise.
so refreshing that you took your time and didn't do the fast forward high speed when you did the other side of the mortise. that is so important to show the true rhythm of hand tool work.
I used to own a boat which had been built in Devon. The steps into the cabin were angled, probably 60 degrees or so. The joiner had made through tenons for each step and they were perfect, immaculate, flawless. If I can manage the same before my time is up I'll be happy. Excellent instruction as always Paul. Thank you.
Did anyone else spit out there coffee when a 3x3x5" through tenon just dropped perfectly into place along all 7 facets of the joint on the first test fit? I know I did! I love this channel LOL :)
Mr. Sellers, you are a genius! You have opened the door for me to a world of working wood "unplugged". I have two of your great books ( "Essential Woodworking Hand Tools" and "Working Wood") and the DVD set "Using and Sharpening Essential Woodworking Hand Tools". I cannot thank you enough.
I think you Sir are Amazing****** I was a carpenter for 30yrs useing power tools for everything, Iam now just getting into hand tools because I lost alot of my eyesight from glaucoma. I learn so much from you. Thank you..Paul.
Thank you Paul for your generous heart, sharing your wisdom with the new generations. God bless you.
Love your work Paul . I recently used a similar method to do a 25 Inch scarf joint on a sailing mast and it was something I learnt from you a wile back I just applied it to a different application . I have recently finished another Christmas star in another table top this time in teak wood and spotted gum and spruce similar to the one in the photo I sent you some time back You must of liked it as you have placed it in your photo section on your web site . This last table was for a client on a 7 Million dollar yacht the owner was ecstatic and said it was a work of art so I thank you for what you have achieved in being able to come up with simple but effective ways of teaching people all over the globe the fine art of Joinery I'm looking forward to re-joining your paid section once financers allow me to do so .
And that's why I need another router plane. Brilliant idea with the jig by the way.
It's hypnotic to watch Paul work the wood. Thank you for sharing.
Exquisite craftmanship. A wonderful lesson in joinery.
It’s very impressive that you can show a new method in 2017 for a very old joinery technique. Your craft is superb, keep up the good work.
Absolutely amazing, what a simple but effective way to make a joint that is thousands of years old. Who could have thought it could be improved over all that time, but it just has been.
I tip my hat to you Sir.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful method.
Why couldn’t you have been my wood working teacher
Wild enthusiastic applause. This is why I need to upgrade from my poor man’s router. Come to think of it though, my poor man’s router does hold its adjustment very very well (I was very forceful getting it in there…) so if you don’t have two routers a poor man’s router can be useful for the finishing depth, and a more adjustable router to the roughing work.
Focused thought on how to make the blades go where we want is what makes this craft so fascinating. Using two router planes so the setting of the finish work makes so much sense. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and being so inspiring.
He makes it look so easy, eh? One of these days I'll start making stuff after watching these. It helps that the tools used are top notch and sharper than anything I could get. I plan on starting with the tool bench series.
Mr Seller is the best online teacher i ever seen.. So patient, gentle and very clever 👍👍 thankyou verymuch Sir 🙏
What I really like about Paul Sellers is that he is not lazy and take a short cut. In this case he want all through although he could have stopped and said "And then you do just the same on the other side".
This man is the definition of master craftsman.
Wonderful stuff. Never ever tire of watching Paul..
Paul, you've improved my woodworking abilities 100%! Thanks for all your instructions and keep up the good work.
You are the best! I am learning a lot with you. Thanks from Brazil.
Bloody brilliant, reminds me of one of my lecturers who was another master of his craft, I felt like I was back at college learning brickwork for a while. thanks Paul.
A suggestion - butt up againt another piece of wood levelled with the top of the workpiece. That way you can plane away the entire tenon in one operation with support on both sides. If you clamp both pieces to a support below you can be confident they will not move relative to each other in the vise.
Lovely to watch you work - you make it look effortless. It's only when one tries it oneself that one realizes what an artist you are: how much of what you do is directed at making everything you do exactly what you are trying to do.
Beautifully planed & executed. Elegant in its simplicity! A bow to thank the Master.
Dear Paul
even so we don´t know each other, it feels like i know you well through all the work I've seen from you
i realy like to thank you for all your content and especially for this unike technic that i have never seen bevor anywhere
and you give it away so generous !! sincerely Hubert
I had created a tenon and then watched this video, tenon scrapped and redone, I even purchased a small had router as my mortise and tenon is for a hand mirror. Guess what one perfect tenon, your videos are brilliant and this method is the total opposite of what I was taught at school nearly 50 years ago. Hope you are going to do a dovetail version.
Brilliant! I wish I'd learned this in wood shop so many years ago. Amazingly, we were not provided with hand routers like Paul is using. I'd never seen these until recently. Trying to saw the tenons with a back-saw was the best we learned. The keys to this method:
1. proper millwork of the stock
2. NOT adjusting the finish router
3. Keeping chisels very, very sharp
+Bill Crowell
Saw and chisel skills are more important. The exact same skills can then be applied to using Planes and mortice sets.
Thank you Paul, that was unquestionably the most valuable and impressive example of ingenuity and skill that I have ever seen . The longest video I have ever watched , and shall watch again.
You have given all of us out 'ere something priceless
Your instructional videos are inspiring, hopefully the younger generation will begin taking the trade up and have a lifelong occupation with their hands in lieu of college. We need more craftsman. Thanks Paul for you Lifetime of excellence.
Paul, I have been watching your videos for some time now and have learned much from watching your work patterns. Thank you for what you do! I just completed a desk for my daughter designed to fit her apartment. Completely electricity-free! From sizing the raw lumber to the dovetailed cabinet to the mortices and tenons...all hand done! Thanks, Paul!
Awesome work. There is a lot of things that i learn after watch your vedio.
I've tried it, and I love it! I've struggled with mortise and tenons, and this method made them so much better. Still not perfect, but with some practice I think I'll have it. Thanks for sharing!
Wow! You have made thee seemingly Impossible, Simple!! Wonderful video, thanks very much.
Amazing as always, Paul!
Thank you for passing on techniques such as this with such dedication to simplicity and quality.
Cheers from Brazil.
Your tutorials are so great. I think you explain and demonstrate whatever method you are teaching better than anyone else. I have yet to make a mortise and tenon joint and I will definitely use your method. You, sir, are brilliant!
Using the router plane as a marking gauge is a brilliant idea. I often find that my Stanley hand router is quicker and easier than dragging out and setting up my electric router. Love the concept of "reaching for the sky'
Thank you for sharing this. You have a true teacher's approach. Finding a way to make your students more successful; what a great way to teach!
Brilliant - Awesome and Simple but oh so Effective! Makes a novice / wannabe woodworker believe he or she can really do this.
@weh375xen ... AMEN to THAT!!! :-D
You can do this! Practice and practice until it's perfect!
Simple and effective. It works, which is the most important thing. If it offends a "purist". Tough luck.
Beautifully done. SO much more pride in workmanship than I attain with my electrical toys. I wish I wasn't under such a time crunch to get so much done so I could slow it down and feel the shaping of the wood under my own power. I will make my living room furniture this way, no excuses.
My grandfather was a carpenter. He died while I was in diapers. I am told he said "I only wish I'd had time for the wee fella" before he passed. I would he'd had that time with me too. I appreciate your work and willingness to share. Thank you.
Thanks very much. I will use it for the rest of my woodworking life, as I have many things you have taught. Thanks for sharing your talents.
I was thinking "dammit paul, you have already covered mortise & tenon... repost" - little did I know. Very well thought out method, looks like the perfect way to do perfect mortises. Thank you
Dagnabbit, Mr. Sellers, because of you I have a router plane; now it looks like I'll have to get another and, while I'm at it, a set of a few mortise chisels (or at least firmer) to keep the pair of planes company. (Yes it truly is impossible to have enough tools, space to keep them in, and/or, especially, enough money to afford it all. But at least the work keeps us out of trouble. and it looks like this time I'll be making a router plane instead of buying one, as well as adding a wider wooden base to the one I have.)
You do not have to have two routers to do this. You can use the one router and reset after the depth lines are marked. In this case you will rough down all of the cheeks and then, when all are roughed down, reset the depth according to the depth line and finish off to depth.
Paul Sellers Dear Paul with all the respect, please let us to use two or even better three hand routers and enjoy this project the most! Cheers
Paul- How did you determine the depth of the Router to make the shoulder markings? Did you take the width of the board, subtract the thickness of the desired tenon, and then divide by 2 to get the depth of the router plane chisel?
The chisel width determines the general size of tenon and mortise. In this method we actually ignore the dead width of the chisel and 1-2mm. In other words we set the router cutting edge to about 1/2 to 1mm shy of dead on so that we leave meat (wood) on the walls of the mortise and the face of the tenon. The last skim with the router surface planes the tenon on both cheeks and the pare cuts with the wider (1") chisel surfaces the inside walls of the mortise by using the guide to reference the face of the chisel as it progresses down into and along the walls.
I see, thank you!
Thanks, Paul. Im starting the workbench project from your book. Now I know I'll get the joints perfect, but I don't have 3 routers. I think I'll use a poor mans routers for the first passes, keep my Stanley set in one place for the entire operation. Another possibility, I could stick a shim to my router base, then peel it off for the final pass.
A true master woodworker and a master teacher!
Brilliant~! Both you and Rob Cosman have completely changed my outlook on hand-tool woodworking. For years, my thoughts were that the hand-tool side was for doing the fine-tuning part of the job, not the "heavy work". I've learned that I was wrong, wrong, wrong. Thank you for the instructional video~!
This is a superb method for the people like me I can never make tenon or mortise straight ever I will definitely try this method thanks for sharing this video
Elegant, seemingly bulletproof method - this is really exciting stuff, great job! It's a special case (equal work-piece thicknesses) but one that comes up very often. I almost didn't watch it, but am very glad I did, as it's truly different from anything I've yet seen. Thank you.
Brilliant! The most accurate work is done without a single measurement.
Brilliant video, love the user of a router plane. Just thinking I'll knock the ends off with a slightly wider chisel almost in one, the grain will be fine over such a short distance and it's so satisfying and really quick
Tis a thing of beauty! Sat here programming for a living, with this on in the background... I love it!!
Eureka! What a brilliant observational method.
thanks Paul . absolutely wonderful way to get it right first time
The first time I used a guide to parry something perpendicular my woodworking became 100% better. It's really hard to do free handed and the walls are so much crisper. I think if I would have learned or thought of this technique I wouldn't have even bothered to have bought a mortising machine.
Just saying keep up the good work I love how youtube can bring you into a person's workshop and see just how other people do things and keeping an open mind to it.
That is brilliant Dr. Paul, can’t wait to do it!
When I got to the point where I was grading a step in a student's progress, I'd ask if the student felt he or she could teach what they have learned to a friend or loved one. They said, "Yes."
I feel that way today.
Thank you.
It's so wonderful to see this amount enthusiasm even after so many years. Thank you for the inspiration and advice, Mr. Sellers.
That’s perfect , Greatness over Great , God bless you , we are grateful for you sharing with us your knowledge
Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge. Relaxing to watch as well as educational.
It's like poetry! Beautiful.
Just tried this method and I love it. I only did one test joint, but I can definitely see how having the jig would lead to much more consistent joints. Thanks!