| 21. | There are hewn deep mortises in the top of each upright stone to fit in the lintel.
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| 22. | Depending on how you intend to cut your mortises, you may need a set of mortising chisels.
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| 23. | The mortises and tenons can be cut with a circular saw and a chisel before the 2x4s are laminated.
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| 24. | The question of how to cut mortises, especially by hand, has been bandied about on the Internet.
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| 25. | Since the departure of my Inca saw, I've used a homemade router jig to cut mortises.
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| 26. | A door blank is simply a basic door without the jamb, hinge mortises, lock holes or hardware.
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| 27. | Tenons, generally, are easier and quicker to make than mortises because they are cut and not dug out.
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| 28. | Once the door works, you can fill in the old, empty mortises with a thin piece of wood.
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| 29. | It is believed that the space left within the mortises was intended to compensate for possible misalignment of opposite mortises.
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| 30. | It is believed that the space left within the mortises was intended to compensate for possible misalignment of opposite mortises.
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