First I laid out the hinge with a marking knife and scored the waste with my chisel.
Then I removed most of the waste with a freshly sharpened chisel.
Then I set up the small router to the thickness of the hinge.
And used it to go to final thickness.
Hinge in.
This is the last stretcher piece to go in.
Tail laid out on the front leg.
Slicing the grain to create the tail slot.
Tail in (sorry about the crappy photo).
Final stretcher in!
I’m sooooo close to being done I’m staring to think hard about my next project. I need to install the key board tray pull out and put on the finish. Yippee!
More info on router planes here:
sheworkswood.com 
Good progress…isn’t the router plane just a joy to use?
Yeah! I’ve used my big one, but my little router, not so much . It was very fun. Small taps on the chisel and clean up with mini router. Way better than using a power one .. at least that’s what I think.
Nice work. I want a router plane. 🙂
Here’s a great video to temp you further. 😀
I saw that already. You are tempting me a second time. Stop it. 🙂
Evil laugh with hands rubbing together. ):D
🙂
Looks great Marilyn. I hope you’re getting a commission on those router planes because I need to order a small one now too.
Doh! Should have asked for that!