Thanks for this info!!
i do lack a flexible square(trying to build one out of plastic)
How about 2 more questions?
how do you deal with pegging the joint?
how do you deal with "finishing" the timber (erasing the chaulk lines,etc.)
I'm working with a different conception of the join this tlme around-i will be running the tenon sides back into the round log to create a flat area 2 inches wide joining the top and bottom of the tenon. The round log surface is radiused into these flats with an adze.
The mortise is cut and the shoulder area is flattened out.
Then the joint is fitted and the profile of the mortise shoulder is scribed onto the tenon shoulders. This line is scored and again radiused back to the round log surface with the adze.
It would be good to post a photo once the joint is finished....
thanks again
-Mark in Ontario.
