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Old 08-15-2017, 08:37 PM
charles Tauber charles Tauber is offline
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Originally Posted by CabinetMan View Post
Any recommendation on how to get it loose from the side material to shave it some if necessary?
Leave it be. It is generally easier to alter a positive/external shape (tenon) than a negative/internal one (mortise).

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But even doing that I will always have it in the back of my mind that I could have done better getting that block right.
It's great to strive for perfection, but in more than three decades I've never been able to make a truly flawless instrument in which some aspect of it could not have been better.
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