Patron Version Video: The Humble Half-Lap (Patreon)

Friends:

On Monday morning, I had a simple plan: come back from COVID with a brief, useful video on an under-used joint. I was going to do 10 minutes on the humble half-lap joint, be done by Tuesday night, and start on the next thing.

Well, that didn’t work out.

As I cut the joints and shot the video, more ideas just kept coming up. I eventually thought of 4 variations of the joint and all of them were worth mentioning. There were a lot of little tips for cutting and fitting each variation. Then I thought of testing each one. With a mallet.

So here I am, slightly embarrassed, with a half hour on the “simplest” joint. How did it go all wrong? Mostly just being neurotic. On the bright side, there’s a lot of good tips in here.

Stay tuned to the end for a special message just for Patrons.

I mention a discussion thread where you can give suggestions on what we do this year and that thread is here. (Please do use the discussion thread for suggestions. I need them all in one place.)

Hope everyone is staying healthy this season. My buddy’s infant daughter just spent 3 days in the hospital with RSV, so that’s scary.

Stay safe!

--Rex