Scots Pine Pencil Box
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This is the first project where my dovetailing has improved to a point where I personally find it acceptable. I’m starting to get the basic routine into my hands and as I progress I can reduce the margins to my layout lines – saving a lot of paring. Paring that in my case introduce great risk of working past the lines or getting things out of square.
Even though the dovetail box is a small project it contains a lot of different techniques: dovetailing, groove cutting, rebate cutting in the lid, raised panel on the lid and the gouge work forming the thumb recess on the lid.
All in all I learned a lot and look forward to building more boxes.
This one got wrapped up and became a Christmas gift for my brother.Happy new year 🙂
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You must be logged in to view attached files.31 December 2013 at 8:35 pm #24922That is a very well made box, I like the way the grain is running around the thumb recess , that must have been planned.Well done
31 December 2013 at 9:27 pm #24926Very clean looking box, well done. Hopefully with a lot of practice I can get to this standard.
1 January 2014 at 12:01 am #24936The pencil box looks very good. Your dovetails are very tight. Way to go!
Thanks for all the kind comments!
David, as you concluded some planning went into the grain patterns. It is a big part in the final appearance but requires a lot of thought when selecting and cutting the pieces.
The sides of the box were ment to be continous grain flowing around. But I messed up and managed to flip one piece the wrong way. That’s on my list of improvements for next time.All the best!
1 January 2014 at 4:30 pm #24984Great job, it’s not acceptable it’s just Great))
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