Quick and dirty dovetailed box.
I made this box yesterday. In all it took just over 2 hours from making the first saw cut to applying the first coat of shellac. It's not a great example of quality workmanship but I thought I'd post it here because of why and how I made it.
Several months ago, I bought the DVD "Dovetail a Drawer" by Frank Klausz from the FWW website. It's a really good and instructive video. For those of you who haven't seen it, the title is self-explanatory. Frank makes a dovetailed drawer. However, his method is almost off-putting in that he uses no dovetail guides or jigs. He cuts the dovetails by hand and doesn't even mark a line for the main cuts - simply lines up his saw by eye and cuts away.
It's fast and very expert. When I first saw the video, my immediate reaction was that I couldn't emulate Frank, I'd stuff up.
Anyway, yesterday I decided to have a go. I made the box using only the tools shown in the third pic. No power tools at all - and no dovetail jigs or guides. You'll have to take my word for that because I didn't take any progress shots. But the standard of finished workmanship should tell you that it's a hand-made piece :rolleyes: .
I'm going to use the box in the workshop to hold sharpening gear: my LV jigs and some saw sets and files etc.
This isn't intended to be a promotional piece for Darkside methods, by the way. I'm quite happy to use power tools where the application is appropriate. I just thought that some of you might be interested in seeing what the outcome was of a genuine experiment in trying to emulate a master woodworker.
Col