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2nd November 2012, 06:17 PM #1
Tool chest
What have I got my self in for?
That's a lot of bloody dovetails!
I'll post updates occasionally. Hope it doesn't take two years like the last project!
This is made with blackwood lining boards left over from the 15 doors I made about three years ago.
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2nd November 2012, 07:46 PM #2
Steve, I'll pull up the recliner and get comfortable . . .
You'll be able to dovetail in your sleep after doing the chest.Pat
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2nd November 2012, 07:50 PM #3
This looks and sounds interesting. Steve so far the first DT's look good.
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2nd November 2012, 09:47 PM #4Junior Senior Member
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I'll grab a recliner also
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2nd November 2012, 10:33 PM #5
Tool chest
Watching with interest.
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3rd November 2012, 12:03 AM #6Senior Member
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Love to see your tool ches
Steve, I can't open the thing. What are you doing mate? I want to see what it's all about.
. . . KevinB
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3rd November 2012, 07:35 AM #7
Tool chest
Kevin,
First pic is of the first row of tails for my new anarchist tool chest that I'm building.
600mm wide in blackwood
Not too sure how the lining board will go at the corners as it has the "v" joint?
Made glue up of the panels a snap though)Steven Thomas
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5th November 2012, 07:24 AM #8
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Next installment.
The case has come together well, joints are tight but it was late last night once I finished the last if the dovetails and i wanted to get it together. In retrospect I should have delayed glue up till today but I really want to see it come together.
Thus it's not perfectly square about three mm out but it will not effect functionality.
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ImageUploadedByTapatalk1352060676.538078.jpgSteven Thomas
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5th November 2012, 07:29 AM #9
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I hadn't noticed last night but I think I managed to get all the panels the right way around, which means that the "v" joint in the lining boards line up.
I think it's rather striking.
Steve.Steven Thomas
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5th November 2012, 09:43 AM #10Junior Senior Member
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How did u join the boards together? Dowels, biscuits or breadboards?
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5th November 2012, 10:03 AM #11
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Not sure what you mean,
The panels were edge joined just with glue, owing to the fact that they have tongue and grooves there is heaps of surface area thus making a very strong edge joint.
At the corners they are dovetails, interlocking tails and pins, that form a mechanical joint that can not be pulled apart in one direction. The massive amount of surface area supplied for gluing also permits a very strong joint in the other direction.
Additionally the box will get skirts top and bottom that will also be dovetailed but in the other direction, this making a bomb proof box! (Fingers crossed)
SteveSteven Thomas
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5th November 2012, 11:38 AM #12Skwair2rownd
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Good project Steve!! Looking forward to the rest of the fun!
At least the Blackwood should be well acclimatized, because I suspect with tight joints there could be a problem.
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5th November 2012, 07:06 PM #13
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Boards going on.ImageUploadedByTapatalk1352102654.221752.jpg
Using screws in place of nails, as I have screws on hand.
I'll nail through the skirts too, I think.Steven Thomas
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5th November 2012, 08:59 PM #14
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Boards and cleats.
Next will be bottom and top skirts.
Steven Thomas
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5th November 2012, 09:25 PM #15
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Inside view.
Looking very sauna like )
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