Someday is here !

When I notch beams into columns I clamp the beam to the column, clamp blocks of scrap 2x4 above and below it, remove the beam and guide a thin Japanese type pull saw in along the 2x4. This puts the saw kerf within the mortice space. Then I hog out enough with a chainsaw to make chiseling the rest easy. Typically the fit is close enough to pound together with my fist.

--jsw

I useta have a nice Japanese (originally from Japan!) pull saw . Then one of my coworkers decided it would work good to cut off some protruding nails ... and he knew damn well what was going to happen . Let's just say he wasn't my friend - and he did this while I was not there . These are open at the top , I'm cutting a ledge to support the beams and leaving a vertical tongue to bolt to . Other side will get a plate of 11 ga held with bolts thru the tongue/beam/plate and lags below the beam into the post.

Excellent. Saw sets work well and easily, making the saw work much more easily for you. Ditto files.

Ryobas RULE!

Did you show him how to rivet his nuts together the next time you saw him?

That would have had ne branded as a racist ...

Too bad you couldn't prove it was racism the other direction. But, as we all know (from themselves, the media, and the politicians) people of color can't be racist.

Too much red flux gets in the way. No, multiple hammer swings while the nuttee is watching is much more refreshing, I think.

It's all about fairness. Some old book mentioned "an eye for an eye."