The “mortise” is the recess where the tenon goes. It can be cut by hand with a mallet and mortising chisel, or mechanically with a mortising machine and a hollow chisel bit. If you don’t have those ...

April Wilkerson walks you through the process of learning mortise and tenon joinery step by step, perfecting your woodworking skills. Trump faces fresh MAGA blowback for efforts to 'de-escalate' in ...