As The Tenon Turns

I'm making the tenons on my cross rails
that go into my mortised legs. If a piece has knots or wild grain in it I'll saw the tenon.

However, if it has straight grain I can split the tenon faster using a chisel.

I then pare away the excess waste and do final trimming to fit the mortise.

I've made a router plane of sorts to do the final fitting.  It's nothing more than a chisel  in a board. Simple but effective. I then do a complete dry assembly and then it's time to glue up.