Thread: Dovetail key boxes

Suggest you watch this video, as a starting point.

That didn't work as expected, meant Paul Sellers makes a dovetail box (part 1 of 4) - the dovetails

Yes that helped a lot thanks for that link chris

It may just be a matter of interpretation, but I see a dovetail key box as a mitred box which has dovetail keys fitted accross the mitres. Generally primarily cosmetic, but the do provide mechanical fastening at the same time. I suspect your thread would be more appropriately titled Hand Cut Dovetails.

This is a guide to cutting dovetail key joints using a router, no reason why it could not be done with hand tools, but would need a degree of skill and experience to get spot on. You may be asked to subscribe to a free email tips mailing list to access the link, if so, it is benign, one email per week with tips and an occasional promo for their mags and books, much less intrusive than some American mags, and they don't sell/share the mailing list.

Mods, I have a set of notes (PDF) on hand cutting dovetails & making a dovetailed box, but it's too big (8.1MB) to upload. I'm happy for it to go into 'Box Bits' if you'll tell me what I need to do.

Someone will be in touch shortly Alex.

Originally Posted by Groggy

Someone will be in touch shortly Alex.

Thanks Groggy.

Here's one for through dovetails. I'll send the one for half-blind DTs later.

Many thanks for sharing your knowledge, AlexS, there is so much to learn for all of us.