"nireedmot" wrote in message
Hi there-

I hand-sawed and -chopped a double tenon with haunches
on a 17" wide glue-up for a bed footboard. It goes in
most of the way into the mortised leg and then stops.
Is there a trick for how to tell what the problem is?
How can you tell exactly where along the 17" of joint
the problem is when nothing's visible?

If you look real close you should see that the high side will generally be
shiny on both parts from the friction of the trial fit. Those are obviously
the areas to spend your time on.

Since it's a double, you also may have a situation where the mortises were
not cut parallel, which may require some shimming once you get past the
mating of the two components.

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