Sunday, April 20, 2014

Secret Dovetails: a bottom for the box

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Almost got this box about sized up. Some tweaking at the corners, maybe. Time to add a bottom? Needs a groove made in the sides of the box, so


A Plough plane to cut some 1/4” by 1/4” grooves. Plane just MIGHT be a tad older than me?


I had a piece of pine scrap, almost the right sizes for the box. needed a rebate around the edges, though


So, a Wards #78 set to take a bit of the top, er, bottom of the panel. Seems I had the panel a might too smooth and shiny. Glare is worse than the top of my head…


Yep, took a handplane to both faces of the panel, to get the thing as flat as i could


Between the “Daylight Bulbs” in the overhead light, and that smooth pine. Test fit the sides to the panel


Hmm, seems to be a bit too wide? It was out of square, as well. Drag out another jig


A Home made shooting board. Just a 2



Secret Dovetails: a bottom for the box

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