This assignment was intimidating at first: make a self-sustaining system out of one 18in. 2x4.I was at a loss... but I went for simplicity. Since we were expected to use every piece of the wood and had a minimum requirement of 6 cuts, I went with the mortise and tenon approach. I did a tusk/through tenon. The wedges are the pieces I cut off to make the tenon. I decided to make them stick out more because I liked the look and it was a very tight squeeze to wedge them in. I experimented with the angles of the tenoned piece and this is the only angle where the mortise would hold snuggle without cracking or stretching. Although I said this was simple it really wasn't. It took alot of work and I had to learn alot about the woodshop, since this was my first encounter.
