Dovetail carry trays
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Have made 5 of these trays this year for gifts. Simple one or two dovetails per corner, some of the longs rails i tapered, some scalloped a bit for a bit of detail. All rabbets were cut with plane shown. The pine ones will have black gate type handles attached once i trim the pins, which go about an inch or so into the plywood base so it has support on all sides.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.20 December 2015 at 1:10 pm #133312Very nice work. The folks receiving them have something for a lifetime…
20 December 2015 at 7:29 pm #133319I like them too, Brian. I can’t figure out how you cut what looks like a stopped rabbet in the second picture. Care to share? Love the looks of that old rabbet plane.
20 December 2015 at 10:56 pm #133325These are nice Brian! Elegant and quite useful. I’m sure the recipients will be more than thrilled to receive them.
Matt on the pine i just simply ran straight through end to end with the plane, which then leaves a gap as you lose part of the pin. Once the dovetailed joints are glued, i just trimmed a similar grain piece as a square plug cut from scrap as shown in one of Pauls other videos which was fiddly, but okay once trimmed to fit. On the oak, it was thinner stock and i tried a method whereby i scribed gauge lines, then cut saw kerfs every 1/8″ or so but not all the way to the ends, and chiseled it out from both faces to create the 90deg. That way i figured the ends which would have been planed away would not need to be plugged. VERY Time consuming, and ended up splitting due to heavy hand, which thankfully was easy to fix. I would just do the plug repair in future.
Brian…And Thanks everybody for the kind words. Its a pretty simple project, but was happy with the way they came out. Shellac and wax on the pine buffed with worn 600 grit paper, came out super smooth. The oak got ebony stain mixed with red mahogany polystain to try and match existing pieces at their respective future homes.
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