progress on my Morris chair build

Uh oh!

-- Bondo Gaposis

LOL…we are all humans…

-- Kjell - Eau Claire WI

Well, it is still 2020.

-- Our village hasn't lost it's idiot, he was elected to congress.

you could just plug the mortises and then re-cut them.

Steve,
I thought about plugging and re-doing the mortises and then decided that there would be no way to get the plugs to disappear, and they’d be in full view every time anyone sat in the chair. But as I think about it now, it might work to plug the mortises, rip off 3/16th from the leg and glue on a thick veneer before re-chopping the mortises. Since the legs are glued up from 6-quarter stock anyway it might be a viable solution.

-- Jeremy, in the Acadian forests

Yes, now that you mentioned the veneer I remember seeing that recommended in a magazine article about fixing mistakes.

I suppose everyone has been there, it just sux when it’s your turn. The good news is God still made an ample supply of QS Oak. Keep smiling. :-)

-- Think safe, be safe

You’re not alone. Sometimes I also get focused on that ONE thing that is critical that I overlook another detail. Much to my chagrin. Fortunately the dogs never rat me out. The veneer idea is a good one!

-- DaveS, Montana

I’m embarrassed to admit it: last night I set about glueing in blocks in the mortises, in the WRONG front leg! I actually had them glued in and was about to leave the shop when I realized. Had to put screws into the blocks and use a prybar to get them out and then use an old toothbrush to get the glue out. I’m almost afraid to go back to it today. At two very stupid mistakes for this project, I’m hoping for smooth sailing now to the end!

-- Jeremy, in the Acadian forests

Cut the tenon off the bottom of the leg. Make a mortise on top of the leg. Cut a new tenon to slip into the the mortise on top of the leg.

Problem solved, I think??

-- Earl "I'm a pessamist - generally that increases the chance that things will turn out better than expected"