See the face mark, that should tell me the piece faces out and should have a mortise to house the crisscross. The backer board is where it should be but there ain't no mortise.
In fact that mortise should be ⅞" wide, 14 ¼" long and 1 9/16" deep. Maybe we can find it on the other side because I know I chopped a big mortise in a hunk of White Oak. BTW, what a fun way to spend a couple of hours.
There it is:
I found the mortise, shame I'm not left handed because that backer board would work a treat at the other end of the bench.
I discovered the problem when I went to make the matching mortise in the chop.
I lucked out and found a 8/4 Poplar board wide enough and long enough to face glue another backer board and I can tell myself at least I'll be chopping that 14 ¼" long, ⅞" wide, 1 9/16" deep mortise in Poplar instead of White Oak.
The bad part, other than wasting a nice hunk of wood, I would be finished with the vise install today instead of needing at least another day or maybe two.
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Oupsie. Well we often say, woodworking is all about recovering from our mistakes 😎.
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