IMG_5369
This is a scrap piece of maple held in the jaws of a large drill press vice, which has a cotton rag draped through the jaws to keep the dirt, and jaw marks off the scrap piece. I'm using this to see how good I am at hinge mortising with a chisel. I've never done it, but I've certainly seen it done often enough through my life. Seeing and doing are different things, of course...
IMG_5369
This is a scrap piece of maple held in the jaws of a large drill press vice, which has a cotton rag draped through the jaws to keep the dirt, and jaw marks off the scrap piece. I'm using this to see how good I am at hinge mortising with a chisel. I've never done it, but I've certainly seen it done often enough through my life. Seeing and doing are different things, of course...