Milling the Tenons

Along with creating the mortises in the legs, I had to create the tenons on the ends of the supports so that the pieces could fit together. Five saw blades were set up on the tablesaw so that the correct amount of wood could easily be taken away.

So far this has been the most fun part of the project, especially because it included the most amount of hands-on time. A problem with using this method, however, is after the blade is run through from one side and comes out to the other, the wood will chip and split and ruin the sides. This isn't too large of an issue, mainly because these pieces will not be too visible since they will be touching the table top and are almost completely out of view. 

I'm quite proud of how the end results came out, the length of the eight tenons is about +/- 1/16th of an inch, which is an all right margin of error.