Hand Cut Mortise | Ten Tips for Better Mortises

Hand Cut Mortise. Rob Cosman shows you his top 10 tips for chopping a better hand cut mortise. If you want to imporve your hand cut mortise then this is the video for you
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[madogmedic]

I've been a Surgical Technician since 1973. I've always been impressed with how much wood working techniques and instruments are involved in orthopedics. Especially when fixing fractures. There's also a Toronto Mallet for orthopedics, that's metal, and is the same shape as the wooden one you have in the video.
God bless

[laurencelance]

Having a chisel that is as thick as it is wide is huge help in preventing the tool from twisting as one works. This really goes to the point that there are almost no tool makers whose tools are both ready and most importantly suitable for work. The tool "designers" have long ago ceased to be tool users. I can report from personal experience that any tool that Rob reccomends WILL do the work, and will do it in a superior fashion compaired to anything else on the market.

[jackdotzman]

I never fail to learn from your video’s, they are excellent.

Thank you.

From Missouri

[artswri]

These are more than just tips IMHO. They are best practices that if followed will produce first quality results, and will do so consistently. Very well captured/videoed, articulately presented, just the essentials without any extraneous fluff. In short... Another great Cosman video. Thanks much RC!!

[delgoldthorpe]

wonderful tips mate, especially the wheel marking gauge for cleaning the bottom of the mortise....using it like a miniture router plane...very clever. Thank you

[andrevanopstal]

These are the vid's I learn the most from. Thanks a lot Rob.

[johnburens]

I use the parallel lines and my mortises are way more accurate now. I learned that trick from this channel. Another great video rob!!

[jamartin]

I love the marking gauge technique to scrape out the bottom of the mortise! Thank you for sharing!🙌💜

[MetalMario]

Man... Looks like I've been using the wrong chisel for a long time. Never realized how much of a difference it made cutting square holes. Thank you Rob for this EXTREMELY informative video.

[brianmiller]

Excellent video. Picked up a few new tips here even though I've watched your other mortise & tenon videos several times. Saving up for some IBC mortise chisels but only AFTER I get my hands on a 3/4 saw. Glad it's finally here. Been bugging you about it for 2 years. Thanks for everything, you've really helped me in my wood working journey.

[heystarfish]

Thanks for all the how-to’s and your follow ups as to the why’s. Excellent video Rob. I’ll be sure and put all this information to practice in my shop.

[andrewlaughbon]

hey rob. love your tips! on tip 9 i was actually surprised that you didn't talk at least in part on using a dovetail mallet. which when made right is engineered to help you hit square. just rather intrigued you did not address the tool. i suppose as you say personal preference. keep it up the great videos!

[jimfromri]

Great tip about drawing lines to keep chisel perpendicular to the mortise sides.

[rossmcleod]

That was terrific, felt like I was party to secret knowledge imparted from some ancient guild that my great granpappy would’ve understood. Clear as a bell and well communicated, many thanks.

[kevinkolpatzeck]

Rob, thank you so much for all the awesome tips once again! Putting the marking gauge line on only one side of the mortise and drawing the little perpendicular lines have been true game changers for me.
Tip #11 should've been how to convince your family and neighborhood of the benefits of hand-chopping mortises 😉

[dukeengine]

I go nearly total freehand cutting dovetails, which I manage quite well on my opinion. But with mortise and tenon I always have hard times. Maybe because I don't own right tools for it. I'll practice your tips and see how it goes. Thank you Rob!

[stufarnham]

The parallel lines, fence, and trough tips are going to help me a LOT.

[robertbamford]

Practical insight. A necessary skill, as you point out, for mortises in awkward places. Unfortunately, all that remains is to do it until attaining proficiency.

[ndothan]

That guide block Method is a game changer for me!!

I don't have anything that I'm working on right now that needs a mortise and tenon joint, but I'm gonna make a few tomorrow just as practice

[andrewbrown]

Excellent block of instruction, Rob~! I've not chopped a mortise yet, but I'm excited to try my first one and apply these techniques. Thanks so much~!!