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Thanks all. I've discovered some unloved chisels in the darker recesses of my tool cupboard that I'm going to practice getting what will hopefully be a decent edge and then have a go at some scrap before I try the real thing.

Hi Andy Thanks for that. I'd gone with the 10mm as I was presuming that the tenon on the 30mm thick rails would be 10mm. If the rails were bare faced tenons, would they say 50% of the thickness of the rail (so 15mm, the same as 1//3 of the 45mm frame)? It's all as clear as mud!

You're right - Dad wouldn't let me near it. He was less fussed about his BMW 635 CSI though!!:)

Yes - and having seen some other threads, I get the sense there might be blood on the carpet quite quickly! :oops:

Thanks Andy - won't that expose the end grain of the tenon to the elements?

I had watched a few Paul Sellers videos and he makes morticing with a hand chisel look so very easy - I know that's because he's been working with wood for half a century so he's got that muscle memory you refer to (and a large slab of skill no doubt), but I did (do) fancy having a go. In...

Thanks Jacob - having re-read the end of that last post, it sounds mildly dismissive of potential advice for using more advanced woodworking techniques than using a hammer or an impact driver, and that wasn't my intention. I have a mildly perfectionist streak (which irritates my long suffering...

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Thanks HOJ - I might actually change the orientation of the TGV boards I'm planning on using to vertical. I don't have any pictures of the reverse other than this image I've just found to illustrate the rails (I was planning on a top, middle and bottom rail) and single cross brace. The gate...

I only have 6 to cut, so hopefully it won't take me too long to cut by hand or using the drill/paring method.... There is one locally which is £50, plus probably the hire of a 110v transformer and possibly chisels as well - thanks for the steer.

Hi - is this still for sale?

Thanks Eshmiel My experience with "proper" woodworking is zero, so this will be a learning opportunity whichever way I go!

Thanks DE. I've never done any "proper" woodworking before - just used screws & nails! 😳 I was planning on trying to use something like Paul Sellers mortice guide to help with the long walls of the mortice, and to probably go conservative on the drill size to minimise the potential for...

Morning all I'm shortly going to be making a garden/side gate out of 4x2 treated timber and want to use blind M&T joints. I don't have a router or a drill press, and wanted to ask for your collective advice on the best method for cutting mortices that are probably going to be 60mm or so deep...

Hello everyone I'm an enthusiastic DIY'er who needs a new side gate that's a bit bigger than the standard offerings (not by much) and with a wife who wants "something nice", so I've joined to try to pick up some tips. She who must be obeyed likes this (in fairness, so do I), and what I'm...