I've always wanted to approxi-make this 10 drawer toolchest, and whilst looking for something I came across my dad's haul from our last trip to Carbatec - a dovetail saw, dovetail marker, honing guide.
He didn't get to use them before he passed away, and I don't know what his plan was, but I decided to stuff up my carefully calculated cut list, and rather than using butt joints in the drawers, I would hand (mostly) dovetail the drawers in this chest.
As I've never made a dovetail before, I watched multiple YouTubes, mocked up the design in OpenSCAD, and knew I'd have to do some practice joints before I set blade to my precious pine. (Lesson 1: don't use pine :( )
I was rather chuffed when the first attempt actually went together, and it wasn't until the next day (but thankfully before any more cuts were made) that I realised I hadn't really made a "dovetail".
Is this a "taildove"
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or a "tovedail"
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The inspiration
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carcass
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fronts test-fitted
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Improving with practice
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