Dovetail Plying Box – First hand tool project
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20 April 2013 at 11:19 am #11167
I would class myself as a novice at working wood despite recently making 2 electric guitars on a course with guidance and instruction (Bailey Guitars – in Scotland) . However, without those courses I don’t think I would have ventured towards working wood with hand tools. Those guitars were built with a lot of machinery which I don’t have at home. I wanted to create the same sense of achievement at home and realised building a guitar on my own required better skills and knowledge than I had.
At the end of last year, I discovered Paul Sellers and the master class site – I’m fascinated to learn about this craft…every Wednesday is a highlight in my week. After seeing the Dovetail Box project, I wanted to build a box. Fortunately, my partner gave the excuse to do it – she loves to spin and ply her own wool but her plying ‘tools’ were make-shift and unusable resulting in several expletives.ย So I set myself on a mission to provide a more functional solution….here’s the result.
Wood is Sapele which I found quite difficult to work with – the grain appears to be irregular and I had trouble with tear out…but it’s finished ๐
My partner is more pleased with it than myself but I am proud to have completed it.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.20 April 2013 at 3:49 pm #11178Did the inlay work myself, but its not as neat as I’d have like and I found it hard working with veneers….more practice is required ๐
20 April 2013 at 9:13 pm #11184Nice job love that thin inlay and motif.
Yep Sapele grain direction can be difficult but thats what make it look beautiful as well.
Dan, I think Sepele is a type of mahogany, ย there are many types of mahogany from different parts of the world I gather. ย Some endangered some not. ย Where I live Sepele is actually cheaper than walnut or cherry, something I don’t understand because cherry and walnut are local tree species.
22 April 2013 at 10:25 pm #11244Kevin if this is your first hand tool project look out the rest of us this is fantastic
5 June 2013 at 4:09 pm #13068Hell’s teeth! That’s impressive. You certainly don’t appear to be a novice!
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