WOODWORKING QUIZ for 22 AUG 04

[Ralph Jones]

Good Evening Friends,
Before drills, mortising machines and any new modern method of making mortises. They were done with chisels.

Who can describe the four steps in mortising with a hand held chisel?

After the mortise was laid out in the location it was supposed to go.

Respectfully,

[Shane Watson]

1. well you pick the chisel up....
2. then you grab the hammer.....
3. But that causes you to drop the chisel.....
4. So you throw the hammer and go have a Bundy....! (thats the worlds finest rum Ralph or anyone else who has lived a sheltered life away from Aust)

[bitingmidge]

Who can describe the four steps in mortising with a hand held chisel?

Shane,

tsk tsk tsk, you didnt' read the question did you?

"WHO CAN DESCRIBE" not "PLEASE DESCRIBE"

I reckon Norm could!

P

[Robert WA]

Good Evening Friends,
Before drills, mortising machines and any new modern method of making mortises. They were done with chisels.

Who can describe the four steps in mortising with a hand held chisel?

After the mortise was laid out in the location it was supposed to go.

Respectfully,

Ralph.
Down here we can buy mortises and tenons. You just work out how many joints you need to make, go to the local Bunnies shop and buy them.
Back at the shop you just glue the tenons on one piece and the mortise on the other. They fit perfectly.
We can also buy post holes, drainage ditches, bore/well holes and various others. Makes life easy.

[Bob Willson]

1) Work out what size mortice you require. This is normally about 1/3 the thickness of the timber being joined. It can however be other fractions as there are no explicit rules attaching to the practices of morticing.

2) Mark the timber so that you know where to start the chiseling.

3) Start chisiling from the centre of the required hole to the edges of the mortice.

4) clean up the edges and corners of the mortice and ensure that the depth of the hole is correct.
5) Oh, I'd better stop here. You only wanted four steps didn't you?

[Ralph Jones]

Good Evening Friends,
Good answer Bob Wilson as you are pretty much on track. Rather than take up space by typing out the directions I am goping to post the pictures that will show step by step in 4 simple steps.

Thank you for your support.

Respectfully,