JOINERY HO!

I'm starting on the joinery of my bench.   
First up mortise and tenons for the legs.

I am chopping the mortises first. I'm using a bevel edge chisel instead of the usual mortising chisel. When the mortising chisel used to be used that is.









I can chop just as quickly as long as I'm aware of how much leverage I'm putting on the chisel.












  Seven more to go then on to the
tenons.