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I am building a pair of saw horses with American White Oak and tried to cut the joint with hand tools only.I do not have a coping saw so after I saw the side, I chop it like a mortise. The mortise is 12mm width x 44mm length x 57mm deep.Removing the bulk is fine but the problem I had is getting the base square and level on both side.I sharpened my chisels (Narex and Japanese), even re-grinding the the bevel to 30 degree but it still takes forever to get it rid of the bump in the middle.I spent like 1-2 hours just to pairing the end grain, chisel got blunt very quickly and I ended up overshoot it.Albeit not visible after the joints are assembled, I would like to know if there is a better way to achieve a more clean result?Mortising chisel? Float? or I just need to get better at chisel pairing?[ATTACH=full]187086[/ATTACH]
I am building a pair of saw horses with American White Oak and tried to cut the joint with hand tools only.
I do not have a coping saw so after I saw the side, I chop it like a mortise. The mortise is 12mm width x 44mm length x 57mm deep.
Removing the bulk is fine but the problem I had is getting the base square and level on both side.
I sharpened my chisels (Narex and Japanese), even re-grinding the the bevel to 30 degree but it still takes forever to get it rid of the bump in the middle.
I spent like 1-2 hours just to pairing the end grain, chisel got blunt very quickly and I ended up overshoot it.
Albeit not visible after the joints are assembled, I would like to know if there is a better way to achieve a more clean result?
Mortising chisel? Float? or I just need to get better at chisel pairing?
[ATTACH=full]187086[/ATTACH]
