Small Mortise and Tenon Box

Sawing box sides to length

Shooting ends square

Ripping to width/height

Shooting to finish width

Marking tenon boards with marking gauge

Sawing tenons

Trimming shoulders

Chopping waste from tenon boards

Marking mortise width

Marking tenon locations

Knifing mortise lines

Starting mortises

Chopping mortises

Chiseling slope on mortise ends

Sawing tenon kerfs for wedges

I am thinking of switching to this as a first hand tool woodworking project, in place of the same box joined with nailed dadoes.  It is a nice, tidy project that incorporates a number of woodworking operation/skills, and without the nails in the box sides there will be more opportunity for carving if people want to try that.   To be continued...