Mortise in a turned bed leg

[nezaam]

Hi there mates can anyone give some advise on how to start with my bed project, i need to turn a bed leg with a mortise on two sides for my front and side rails.I was thinking to fisrt make the mortise and then do the turning. Pls advise238971238972

[orraloon]

Yes mortice first while the leg is square. However those joints look like the whole rail goes in the slot so the tennons have no shoulders. I suspect there is some kind of hardware fastening in there.
regards
john

[MBM888]

:whs: Much easier to do the mortises while the block is square rather than after the turning.

[cadas]

Make the mortice while it's square, the 'infill' with something soft and a tack of glue to hold in order to make turning easier.

Turning with an open mortice will prove ...interesting and somewhat exciting.

[joe greiner]

What they said.

I would make the rails with overlapping finger joints (total of 4 fingers at each), intersecting within the mortises. Lock all together with a metal bar from below.

Cheers,
Joe

[nezaam]

Thanks guys for advise ,i was thinking to make an interlock. 239060:)