By Joshua Farnsworth
In part 9 of this series of videos, I show how to trim and fit the apron’s tenon into the table leg’s mortise. It’s very important for the tenon to fit snugly, but not so tight that you have to use a hammer to force it in.
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Click here to go back to part 1, if you want to follow me as I build a historic hinged-top desk for my sons. Below you’ll find photos and the list of tools that I used to build this desk.
WOODWORKING HAND TOOLS THAT I USED:
Even though I have a helpful hand tool buying guide (here), I’m still often asked for a list of and links to the tools that I use in my videos, so here is a list of tools that I used in this series of video on desk building (I also included tools that I used in construction that wasn’t in the video):
WORKBENCH:
- Sjoberg Elite 2500 Beech Workbench (with optional tool cabinet)
- Moravian Workbench (portable and sturdy)
- Gramercy Holdfast
HAND PLANES:
- Lie-Nielsen Low Angle Rabbet Block Plane
- Lie-Nielsen No. 62 Low Angle Jack Plane
- Vintage Stanley No. 71 Router Plane
- Lie-Nielsen No. 73 Large Shoulder Plane
- Vintage Stanley No. 4-1/2 Smoothing Plane
- Vintage Beading Plane
- Vintage Wooden screw arm Plow plane
SAWS:
- Lie-Nielsen dovetail saw
- Lie-Nielsen’s thin plate 16″ Tenon Rip Saw
- Lie-Nielsen cross cut back saw
- Vintage Millers Falls Miter box and miter saw
- Robert Larson Coping Saw
CHISELS:
MARKING & MEASURING:
- Starrett 6-inch combination square
- Vintage metal try square
- Vintage sliding bevel square
- Vintage Starrett Dividers / Compasses
- Veritas Wheel Marking Gauge or Veritas Dual Wheel Marking Gauge
- Lie-Nielsen panel gauge
- Wooden Straight Edge
- Vintage Stanley No. 62 Folding Rules (24″)
- Marking knife (chip carving knife)
- Staedtler Mars 780 Technical Mechanical Pencil
MALLETS & HAMMERS:
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- Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools – Part 1: Dovetail Carcass
- Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools – Part 2: Legs
- How to Chop Mortises {Part 3 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
- How to Clean Mortises {Part 4 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
- How to Layout Tenons {Part 5 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
- How to Cut Tenon Shoulders {Part 6 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
- How to Cut Tenon Cheeks {Part 7 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
- How to Square Tenon Cheeks {Part 8 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
- How to Fit a Mortise & Tenon {Part 9 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
- How to Drawbore Mortise and Tenon Joints {Part 10 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
- How to Make Pegs for Drawboring Mortise & Tenon {Part 11 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
- How to Make a Through Mortise & Tenon {Part 12 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
- How to Attach a Desk Top {Part 13 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
- How to Use Traditional Cut Nails {Part 14 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
- How to Make Breadboard Ends {Part 15 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
- How to Make Breadboard Ends {Part 16 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
- The Completed Dovetail Desk! {Part 17 of “Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools”}
