07-24-2016, 04:27 PM
First try at adding Greene & Greene cloud lifts (?) to a coffee table to hide tongue and groove joint of my breadboard ends. I marked out the mortise for the lifts, and then used a 1" chisel to create shoulders for the joint. I kept the bevel of the chisel to the waste side of the work, but ended up "blowing out" the outer edges of the table top. I didn't think I went too deep (<1/8"), but being self-taught, I'm not sure what I have done wrong. On my scrap, I didn't have this issue and thought my chisels were sharp, but looking for ideas as to what I did wrong.
Steve
Steve