In this short video I show how I cut a clean mortise entirely by hand using a chisel and wooden mallet. You can follow each careful strike as the waste chips curl out of the joint and the walls become ...

Simple mortise-and-tenon joints that meet at right angles can be made satisfactorily with power tools, but the ability to cut a mortise and tenon by hand opens up a much wider range of applications ...

Those ready to try their hand at the best chisel for woodworking might find this chisel set to be a great way to get started. It includes four sizes (¼ inch, ½ inch, ¾ inch, and 1 inch), and while ...