The “mortise” is the recess where the tenon goes. It can be cut by hand with a mallet and mortising chisel, or mechanically ...

Simple mortise-and-tenon joints that meet at right angles can be made satisfactorily with power tools, but the ability to cut a mortise and tenon by hand opens up a much wider range of applications ...

A chisel is one of the most useful tools in the workshop, but it's important to know how to use it. For example, after routing out a mortise for a door hinge, use the flat side of the chisel for ...

In this short video I show how I cut a clean mortise entirely by hand using a chisel and wooden mallet. You can follow each careful strike as the waste chips curl out of the joint and the walls become ...

A chisel is one of the most utilitarian and oldest hand tools for woodworking. And a good wood chisel, in particular, has sharp beveled cutting edges, holds those edges well, sharpens easily, and ...

Mortisers come in several different types, but they all have the same purpose: to create holes in wood pieces for tenons to fit into. These “mortise and tenon” joints are popular because of the ...