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   Mike_Maines | Oct 23, 2001 04:45am | #1

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   Jerry, what tools or techniques are you familiar with? If you are just making one stool, it would be fun to make it all with hand tools. You could lay the mortises with a knife and square, then chop them out with a chisel. Lay out the angled tenons with a bevel gauge and mortise gauge, cut to the lines with a fine saw, clean up with a chisel and/or rabbet plane. Sounds like a nice project!

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   Jerry_Thompson | Oct 24, 2001 03:00am | #2

   *I am not too well versed in the use of chisels. I would rather go the jig route. I have used a router, table saw, band saw and hand planes a good deal.Jerry

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   redplumjam | Oct 24, 2001 05:29am | #3

   *hey jerryget an adjustable bevel square to mark your angles- or use a full size drawing to work from- or both. the angled tenons won't be a problem on the tablesaw with a tenon jig or a crosscut sled & some well placed shims. as for your angled mortises, you may as well make friends with your chisels. measure & mark your stock carefully on both sides (entry & exit of mortise). mark the angles on the adjacent sides. work carefully from the outsides in. (hog out what you can with a drill or router).you can do it.have fun.alex

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   Mike_Maines | Oct 24, 2001 03:23pm | #4

   *"adjustable bevel square"--that's a more accurate way to describe a bevel gauge. Red is right about the tablesaw tenon jig (mine is a Delta, works great, about $100). I also agree that if you enjoy woodworking, it will be worth it to learn how to sharpen and use chisels. They don't have to be fancy chisels to start, Buck Brothers make decent ones to start with, and diamond stones make sharpening easy. Wood and chisels go together like...bread and butter. I think it would be hard to do this project without at least a little chisel work, so give it a try!