"Mike and Lora" wrote in message
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I had promised the wife to make a bed for us. I finally completed it.
After years of following this newsgroup, thought I'd post the results of
the work. It's made from knotty rough sawn alder that I had on hand for
many years. It was my first large scale attempt at mortise and tenon. The
finish is done with 3 coats of blond shellac.

Lots of mortices there.

Did you rout them out and square them up with a chisel?