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19th March 2006, 10:11 PM #1
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First box WIP
Not sure if it has been done before but I have been toying this idea for a while now. How would it look if I put both tails and pins on the same board?
I decided to use the opportunity to make my first box. To make it even more interesting I am using 4 different species (huon pine, kauri pine, tas blackwood and tas mytle). It is also a great way to get rid of the good off-cuts.
The base and cover will be next.
So do you think the tail & pin board is a goer?
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19th March 2006, 10:25 PM #2
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For mine, I prefer to see it the conventional way. Good effort on the joints though.
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19th March 2006, 10:43 PM #3
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Nuh!
Originally Posted by Wongo
So do you think the tail & pin board is a goer?
....and there's a reason! The dovetails are always aligned so that the joint takes the load. Even people who have no idea of how they work or what they are, have been "programmed" to read the joint in a particular way.
You'll get away with dovetails on the "wrong" side of the joint, but not alternating.
Just a bit of Sunday night honesty!
Nice work though.
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19th March 2006, 11:05 PM #4
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Heck - I've done this many times before - the result has always ended up in the bin. I never thought of telling people it was intentional. Originally Posted by Wongo
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19th March 2006, 11:27 PM #5
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Sorry Wongo,
I must be a traditionalist because I dont like the way it looks
Nice work all the same.
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20th March 2006, 07:49 AM #6
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Yup just dont look right, maybe if you were making a 8 sided octagonal box?
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20th March 2006, 08:34 AM #7
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20th March 2006, 08:53 AM #8
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20th March 2006, 09:06 AM #9
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dont burn it - cut the ends off.
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20th March 2006, 09:08 AM #10
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Turn them up side down and glue them back. Problem solved!
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20th March 2006, 10:06 AM #11
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Very interesting approach Wongo! OK maybe not a favourite, but wow - great learning experience! Don't burn the box, there's still miles of useable timber there. I like the look of the different timbers together.
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20th March 2006, 10:18 AM #12
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Gotta admit it doesn't look quite right but if I could cut dovetails that tidy, I'd be putting them everywhere too!
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20th March 2006, 11:42 AM #13
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Mate it does not work for me, but if it were not for experimenters like you we would all be using 3" nails and butt joints.
Keep up the good work Scott.
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20th March 2006, 11:45 AM #14
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Termite, Originally Posted by Termite
Mate it does not work for me, but if it were not for experimenters like you we would all be using 3" nails and butt joints.
That's exactly what I've been experimenting with for a few years now, has it been done before?? :eek: :eek: :eek:
P (bugger, just when I nearly had it right too!)
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20th March 2006, 11:38 PM #15
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Cool. Why not? Something outside the box
Sure it looks non-standard, but for a box (unlike a drawer), I can see no structural reason not to mix 'em up a bit.
For that matter, why not mix tails and pins at the same corner? I'm sure Wood Borer could nut out a way to get them together.Those are my principles, and if you don't like them . . . well, I have others.
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