The fourth day of our workbench class began by fitting the tenons into their correct mortises; it can be quite time-consuming to make sure that each one fits perfectly. A shoulder plane is handy for this task.
![Trimming tenons Trimming tenons - workbench class](https://woodworking.sustainlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Trimming_tenons.jpg)
Trimming tenons
![Fitting tenons Fitting tenons](https://woodworking.sustainlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Fitting_tenons.jpg)
Fitting tenons
We then glued the dog runs that we cut yesterday, on to the bench tops.
![Gluing dog runs Gluing up - squeeze it tight!](https://woodworking.sustainlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Gluing_dog_runs.jpg)
Squeeze it tight!
![Dog runs glued on Dog runs glued on](https://woodworking.sustainlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Dog_runs_glued_on.jpg)
Dog runs glued on
We then finished fitting all the tenons and cut and smoothed the profiles on the foot and upper sections of the base.
![Spokeshaving the curve Spokeshaving the base curve](https://woodworking.sustainlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Spokeshaving_the_curve.jpg)
Spokeshaving the curve
All in a day’s work.
Jonathan Schwennesen with Frank Strazza
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Benches are looking nice, Jonathan! Looks like everyone is having fun, too.