For Mark (MNSmith) -- Here's what I've been doing with that mortising attachment you gave me. A shoe rack and a kitchen shelf for Miss Peggy. Next up is a larger version of the shelf for the living room.

The shelves are red oak from a tree Hambone and I harvested from our farm about 10-15 years ago. The verticals are hickory from a tree I dropped on a job site about 3 years ago that my boss had milled and we air dried in an old school bus he bought at auction for engine and tranny parts for one of our dump trucks.

Jerry (Hotrod Lincoln) made me a collar to fit your mortising tool to my drill press. dance
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Cutting a mortise in 3-year dreid hickory from a job site
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The cut mortise
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Trial fit
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The shoe rack. Shelves are red oak from a tree Hambone and I dropped on the farm
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Kitchen shelf
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Hambone with the oak log. Loaded to go to the Mennonite saw mill. January, 2014

Last edited by John Milliman; 06/19/2024 1:51 AM. Reason: Found the pic of Hambone and the oak log
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