Pulled a late nighter.    Wanted to get the LAST of the mortises chopped out.   Got frame #2 out of the clamps.   Clamped it down to the bench's top.   Parked the shop stool where I could sit and chop.

Yep, I was going to plunk my behind right down there and chop away.   Trying to help the back a bit.. Laid out the first part, making sure it was the one that went there, had to keep checking the other frame to make sure.  Started to mark a number and letter in a sharpie, just to tell me where each end of each part went where.....been known to get that sort of thing Bass Ackwards...

Had to adjust it a bit.   Laid out the toys...er...TOOLS for the job..

Just a chisel and a mallet, nothing fancy.   I did have a "Bullpen" set up, for other sizes as needed..

This was after the first mortise was done and fitted.  Dog holes are nice, they can either hold a chisel from rolling onto the floor, or they allow all those small chips to fall through to my nice, clean floor...

 

After each mortise was done, I'd either rotate the frame around where I could get to the next spot,  or just test fit. a bit.   Got three done, got the parts sitting where the needed to be, grabbed the other frame, just a test fit, for now...

Not too hateful?  Then I had to take the frame back off, rotate the mess one more time.   I also had to move my seat to the new location.....chop out #4 mortise, and fit the last part.   Then the frame came back on to the pile of parts, final test fit of the table's base.  Then pile the rest of the parts on top, as The Boss doesn't like MY stuff sitting on HER Washer...

I think I'll called it a night.     Maybe a glue up tomorrow.....I also have some special corner brackets to use.  Might just keep things square that way.  yeah, yeah, that one corner is leaning a bit, a glue up will fix that right up..might just have enough clamps to do the next step......maybe. Stay tuned.....

Coming together nicely!

 

My wife feels the same way about our freezer- which sets next to the table saw.