Besides a small practice piece, this is my first mortise and tenon project. These were my first tusked tenons and first wedged tenons. We had a deck put in and I had a lot of cedar scraps left so I decided I wanted a bench for the garage. I used black walnut for the pegs and wedges. Overall I'm pretty happy with it, but I hate working with cedar. If I looked at it wrong it left a dent and it liked to tear instead of cut. Finished with a few coats of Danish oil and six coats of poly.