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2nd January 2011, 05:13 PM #1
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First box of the year.
It's been awhile since I have made any boxes or posted here.
I decided to use up some scrap lumber in my garage and try to see if I could pull off a hand cut sliding dovetail to seat a shelf. Actually, I had to, since the board I started with was a bit cupped and twisted and I needed that sliding dovetail on the shelf edges to help pull the sides of the box in. All the dovetails were hand cut the spacing and angles guestimated as the saw approached the wood, including the mitered dovetails. The back of the box was some scrap tongue-and-groove wall paneling I had left over from another project.
Happy New Year to all.
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“When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone. Let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for; and let us think...that a time is to come when those (heirlooms) will be held sacred because our hands have touched them, and that men will say, as they look upon the labor and wrought substance of them, ‘See! This our father did for us.’ “ --John Ruskin. Audels Carpenters and Builders Guide, 1923 Theo Audel & CO. New York.
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2nd January 2011, 06:50 PM #2
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A really nice shelf, and those corners are mitred dovetails too: I have never dared to try those yet. Well done and great use of scrap material.
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2nd January 2011, 07:56 PM #3
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2nd January 2011, 08:31 PM #4
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IT is based upon something I saw in the recent issue of Fine Woodworking Tools and Shops. The majority of the shelf is simply slid into a rabbet, then it has an additional "ear" for he front half inch which has the sliding dovetail on it. If you look carefully at the joint you can see where the rabbet ends and the dovetailed ear begins. The actual dovetail on that joint is about 10mm or so deep. Next time I will probably make the shoulders of that rabbet shallower leaving more room for a longer dovetail.
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“When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone. Let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for; and let us think...that a time is to come when those (heirlooms) will be held sacred because our hands have touched them, and that men will say, as they look upon the labor and wrought substance of them, ‘See! This our father did for us.’ “ --John Ruskin. Audels Carpenters and Builders Guide, 1923 Theo Audel & CO. New York.
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2nd January 2011, 10:12 PM #5
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Neat idea with the sliding dovetail
I've just become an optimist . Iv'e made a 25 year plan -oopps I've had a few birthdays - better make that a 20 year plan
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