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The Zen of Paul Sellers
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Crackling Bread Loaf
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Stretcher Dovetails Next Up
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X Marks the spot. For the next mortise. I’ll need to do four of these, one on the end of each stretcher. The width is 3/8 inch leaving wall thickness of 5/16. For some reason, I don’t have a 3/8 chisel, so I’ll need to pick up one of those tomorrow morning. Fortunately, they’re fairly…