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Little box (post #167936)

whitedogstr8leg on Fri, 07/01/2011 - 06:18
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My first try at hand-cut dovetails.     I had some scraps laying around, so why not a little Cedar box?      Each corner set of these got better as I went.     Tools?     A bandsaw to hog some of the waste away,   an OLD Stanley backsaw for other cuts,   and a chisel or two.     An old wood marking gauge, an old Stanley try square, and a very sharp pencil.   Backsaw was modified a bit, I took an oil stone, and went along the teeth of the blade.    Most of the "set" was removed.     There was an old kink in the blade that I also had to fix.  

give me a picture, I'll give you a finished piece

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   whitedog ,          It's (post #167936, reply #1 of 3)

by oldusty in reply to whitedogstr8leg [original] on Fri, 07/01/2011 - 06:39

   whitedog ,

         It's amazing what can come from a few pieces of wood .

          Looks like you got it figured out , now what ?

              regards dusty,boxmaker

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little box (post #167936, reply #2 of 3)

by whitedogstr8leg in reply to oldusty [original] on Fri, 07/01/2011 - 07:44

It might just lead to bigger things!    Next up, maybe something a bit bigger?      Those divetails will need a lot of practice,  and the tools I've got will just have to make do.      Maybe some "finer" dovetails?

give me a picture, I'll give you a finished piece

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   Your skills driven by the (post #167936, reply #3 of 3)

by oldusty in reply to whitedogstr8leg [original] on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 08:19

   Your skills driven by the desire to make things will ultimately be the most important tools .

             Tools do not make things , people do .it will be easier with better and best tools but whatever you get used to will do best for you now.

         What the  wood don't know won't hurt it .

                   regards dusty