So plain scarph with hook is now behind me. In the end it didn't come out too badly following the application of a lot of glue and three large clamps. I am however learning that you need to try and minimise the pencil lines as they are difficult to remove once everything is assembled.
Now we are onto dovetails, which strangely enough I have found to be simpler, that doesn't necessarily mean I am any better at them, I can just make a mess of them faster! Seriously while I know it is only day two of week two it is amazing how fast you begin to pick things up when you are doing it 6 hours a day.
Todays painful lesson has been to check the sides of chisels before using them, it is not only the blade which can be v. sharp as I found to my cost, to paraphrase from Captain and Commander, there is now enough of my blood in the dovetail to class it as a relation.
Fettling is indeed an actual process and, yes, it is possible to 'fettle your futtocks' in certain circumstances...
