Hi, I was looking for some help/advise on my best fix option... I was feeling great after compleating all 8 leg mortises chopped till I noticed my error.
The bench plan calls for the top rails to be flushed with the top edge of the legs to get the width for the tennon. Then the hunch is also measured one inch down from the top of the leg.
On one leg I measured the one inch hunch first and then measure off that line for the mortise creating a mortise that is one inch too big for the rail.
Is my best option to rip some new rail at the new width?
Will it matter if the top rails on the left are bigger then the right?
thanks