Started the day by slicing the laminated gunwales on the table saw. Just barely had enough Titebond 3 in the joint and there was a few gaps, so next time, I will definitely be putting the glue on both surfaces of the thirsty cedar before laminating.
Next, I tried an experiment of using a cordless trim router with tall guide blocks instead of a full-size plunge router to cut the 1/4” wide 5/8” deep rib mortises. Even though it was a huge pain to get the guide rails set perfectly to my mortising distance other than that it was darn convenient and worked pretty well. 60 mortises only used half of a 6ah battery.
Seems a little sketchy, but I honestly can’t think of anything dangerous happening other than just breaking a bit. I’m wondering if this is something I can officially recommend to my students looking for a budget way to cut these mortises? What do you think?
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