Three Dovetail Boxes.
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3 June 2017 at 9:34 am #312516
Hi all
I have been doing hand woodworking 4 years now (mostly learning). This boxes are my first project where it requires dovetailing. I will post some pictures of the making of the 3 of them, not to open new threads for each one of them.
The first one is a simple box made of walnut. I used a round sole plane to make the curved sides.Attachments:
You must be logged in to view attached files.3 June 2017 at 12:12 pm #312552those are some very nice pieces, quite unusual designs (at least to european eyes) especially considering the small amount of tools.
I really like the play with the different species of wood in the box with the drawer, what kinda elm is that? looks much more like maple to me, the elm i’ve seen so far all had quite a pronounced grain structure.
That wooden plane with the sloped back is also quite interessting never seen anything like it, which corner of the world are you located if you dont mind me asking?
regards Philipp
3 June 2017 at 2:50 pm #312555Thanks.
Philipp, I am from Macedonia.
For the Elm Iam not 100 sure. I was also thinking its maple, but everyone I asked says its elm or ash or something else.The plane I made it few years ago, its from mulberry wood.You cant find handtools in Macedonia (only scrub planes, no smoothers or jacks) so I was forced to make my own. Here is the collection I made. Recently I got in touch with few people from Bulgaria and now its easier to find tools.
Marko
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You must be logged in to view attached files.3 June 2017 at 3:11 pm #312557If you ask me that is definetly maple, heres why, ash is really easy to recognize the growth rings are usually pronounced and you can see the pores of the wood.
Elm is in both coloring and appearance more akin to oak in color with also pronounced growth rings but not as porous, the pores are more akin to ash.The wood on your drawers appears to have more uniform color, no visible pores and not very pronounced growth rings, all of that and the color says , maple to me.
wow thats a nice collection of planes you made, so far i stayed away from making my own for a number of reasons, chief of which was i’m quite nit-picky with my own work and didnt wanna screw up too much.
Seems like i gotta get back and see if i can’t make a useable one.
Could you please add a couple more pictures of the second plane from the left? that one looks really nice.regards Philipp
3 June 2017 at 6:32 pm #312559If its maple even better, Maple and walnut goes together 🙂
The second plane from oak made from a firewood piece. You should try making one, nothing to loose and is a joy when u use your own tools. It was also a big practice. So you can only gain from it :).
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You must be logged in to view attached files.5 June 2017 at 9:14 am #312592Yeah that is a nice plane, i have some large pieces of Firewood and some flat Steel stock for a blade around. Seems like im gonna make a plane, or at least try to.
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