Dovetail Boxes Gallery
Welcome to the Dovetail Boxes community gallery. You can see the details of this, one of our oldest projects, here.
Dovetailed Box by Doug Heeren
Figured poplar Christmas presents.
Dovetail Box by Cyril LE GUIENNE
Here’s a small dovetail pillbox with a rebated lid for the bathroom made of spalted beech. Next to it, a handtowel box made of pine. Both were finished with a few coats of raw linnen oil and turpentine.
Recipe card box by nljsellers
A small dovetail box in walnut with shellac and wax finishing. Replaces a tatty cardboard recipe holder
Game Dice Tower and Tray by Michael Campbell
Cherry and walnut dice tower and tray I made for my niece as a birthday present. Three different joinery methods were used (box joint, miter/spline and dovetails).
Log Drum by Ian Lambert
Pine dovetailed box with a birch ply base. Top with the “tongues” cut into it is Scottish cherry. If you have a look online you can hear a professional one being played at a German company called Schlawerk. My sound is not as wonderful as theirs but it’s not bad and will hopefully please a young granddaughter. The whole tuning thing is tricky!
Trinket/Display Box by Roy Ashmore
Nominal 340 square from Parana pine with dovetailed drawer front and mahogany trim. Removable tray under glass top.
Nate’s Music Stand Box by Tom Benim
Walnut, finished with wiping varnish. This is a take on the open top dovetail box, modified with a lower opening for iPad, a clamp on rear to attach to music stand, and giftee’s initials and bass clef symbol carved on bottom. To be used to hold small items during practice sessions.
Fishing Gear Box by unknown
Here is a simple Ash dovetailed box to store my fishing gear on the boat.
Dovetail Box by Bad Dog Woodworking
Dovetail and housing dado caddy.
Dovetail Box by Greg Ford
Dovetail caddy for hinge hardware. Made of leopardwood and white oak.
Dovetail Box by rayc21
Dovetail screw, nail caddy. Made from pine finished with one coat varnish
Dovetail Boxes by Keith Oxby
My second dovetail caddy in African Mahogany and a pencil box in black cherry.
Dovetail Boxes by georgewall42
Dovetail box in mahogany and oak, sandpaper caddy in mahogany
Salt Caddy by Chris Jelliffe
First ever attempt at dovetailing. Made in Tasmanian Oak
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Dovetail Caddy by Jesper Thorson
Sandpaper Caddy in Oak with linseed oil finish.
Dovetail caddy by Haim Hen
pine dovetail caddy for 6 sandpaper grits
Dovetail Caddy by btyreman
Made my first dovetail caddy today using american white oak, spruce and redwood scraps. I needed a place to put my stationary and it looks great on my desk, it is finished with 3 layers of pure tung oil.
Pencil Box by Max, with Andrew LeRoy
Dovetail Pencil Box made with my grandson Max. Soft maple, shellac and wax. Thanks everyone, we had a great time together doing this project.
Trinket Box by Tipper Searle
Curved dovetails on this Trinket Box are contrasted well by using Sycamore and Walnut.
Gift Box by Ian Hemphill
After setting up my bandsaw for recutting, I ended up with a large stack of nice thin maple blanks just right for some small-box dovetailing practice. So I thought I’d combine that with the Christmas season and make some gift boxes to hold our homemade jams and dried herbs from our garden. Made seven boxes, with dovetailed corners, a shaped front and an inset bottom. Got lot of practice with some useful techniques from Paul’s videos, and some nice prezzies as a bonus. Thanks for all the inspiration, Paul!
Mothers Day Box by Allan Andersen
Router Plane Storage Box by Mike O’Neil
Router plane storage box – this box is made of pallet wood – maple for the sliding lid and pine for the carcass. The dovetails were hand cut using Paul’s template that I had previously made. I used my router plane for the dado joint for the sliding lid and the rabbet joints in the bottom and on the lid. I finished it with four coats of a one-pound cut auburn shellac.
Curly Cherry Tissue Box by btyreman
Curly Cherry Tissue Box, a variation on the dovetail box, made for mothers day, it slides over the cardboard tissue box with no base.
Joiner’s Toolbox by CJ
Box based on Paul’s traveling joiner’s box design. Wood is Ash and Mahogany. I chose to cut hounds-tooth dovetails for the carcass and modify some of the dimensions. I used a rabbet block plane running against a board beveled at 25° to raise the panels.
Dovetail stackable jewellery boxes I by Michael Thompson
Constructed of Spruce with a staining Danish Oil finish for an older look.
Dovetailed Box by Ken Johnston
African Mahogony Box with a Sipo Base
Dovetail Box by Mark Armstrong
Box of different woods
Dovetail Box by david o’sullivan
pine[red deal] shellac & wax finish.
Dovetail Box by eric gonczeruk
Dovetail Box by Greg Merritt
Pine base with red oak lid.
Dovetail Box by Serhiy D’yachyshyn
Aspen for lid,bottom and inlay sides from recycle bed legs(really don’t know what is that, just found on the street)
Dovetail box by David Knight
Lidded dovetail box of spalted American Beech
Dovetail box by Mike Prutz
Wife’ Birthday present – found some poplar that I liked the discoloration and matched (kinda) from front to side.
Dovetail Box by Pasquale Avocone
My first project i made using Paul Sellers techniques, it was a joy. Made the box from scraps i had in the workshop, not sure what they are. Maybe oak for the sides and Cedar for the base.
Dovetail Box by James Wallace Adamson
Box made from some scraps of wood.
Dovetail Box by Pasquale Avocone
Made from pine. Had heaps of fun making this box.
Dovetail Box by Steve Follis
Dovetail Box for holding a bottle of wine. Made from Padauk, hand carved lid, finished with 3 coats of shellac topped with wax.
Dovetail Box by harshdoug
Wood boxes that Paul details in his book.
Dovetail Box by Jon Place
Made this box for my chisels out of standard white wood from Wickes.
Dovetail Box by Kelly Scroggins
Simple Dove Tail Box
Dovetail Box by Martin King
Pine box to hold my Record 043 plane
Dovetail Box by John Moore
I had some pine with some clear runs in it. So I cut the lengths in between the knots. The box came out about 11 x 9.5″ with base/lid 3/4″ wider and longer. The overall height is 5.5″.
Dovetail Box by Eric Kimes
Sapele and Magnolia box (check out the “Shove tail” on the back left of the box. Complete mistake! It glued together well and I went with it. Live and learn! It was fun!
dovetail box(pine) by David O’Sullivan
my son need a box for school books to leave in school .the plastic ones kept breaking
Dovetail Box by Eric Kimes
Cherry wood with a book matched bottom. 3rd box made after watching the videos. Dovetails are getting a little better and tighter now.
Dovetail Boxes by Eric Kimes
Three Cherry boxes. The two smaller boxes fit inside the larger one.
Dovetail Box by Denise Gaul
My first two hand tool projects ever.
Dovetail Box by David R
Sliding lid dovetail box from light paulownia wood, shellac and wax finish
Dovetail Box by Jesper Thorson
Pencil box in Scots Pine with simple linseed oil finish.
Dovetail Box by alk509
Sliding lid dovetailed box. Maple with a poplar bottom. Finished with two coats of BLO before waxing.
Dovetail box by Emilio Remogna
A little square dovetail box. This is my first attempt to realize dovetails. The lid has no hinges. I’ve used pine wood to make the box. The wood is cheap laminated wood (generally I wonder if laminated wood is suitable for wood joints). To finish the box I’ve used a simple technique (scratched acrylic paint and brown wax) to obtain an “aged wood” effect.
Dovetail box by Mark Armstrong
Ash box with fielded panel lid and a tray inside Mahogany and Oak star shellack finish.
Dovetail box by Martin King
Pencil box in pine and oak.
Dovetail box by Mike Prutz
Poplar & toung oil – just because now I can. Thanks Paul.
Dovetail Box by Dylan Wheatley
a small chest in oak, birch and walnut
Dovetail Box by hhcraft
small oak and maple dovetail box with a purple-heart handle
Dovetail Box by Jeff Hallam
Proud to say that after rough milling this project was built entirely by hand. I used leftover oak for the box and bottom. For the top I use a small piece of tiger maple. I don’t yet own a gouge, so I put a small nub on the end of the lid to assist opening. I also used tiny, 1/8″ magnets to keep the lid closed as I don’t like how easy it was for it to fall open. This was a gift for my daughter and a great little project. I was astonished at how well the dovetails fit after following along with Paul’s videos. I’m still slow at it and had to do some paring but the results are above my expectations! Finished with shellac and wax.
Dovetail Box by Ray Clark
Tool box to house my No.7roughter made with pine and mahogany.
Dovetail Box by Jason
Walnut and claro walnut pencil box
Dovetail Box by Sandy
Jewellery Box made from Oak.
Dovetail Box by hhcraft
oak and ash jewelry box
Dovetail Box by Orestes Valella
pencil box in red oak. Shellac and wax finish
Dovetail Box by piotr jan
My first woodworking dovetail project inspired by Paul’s videos :). Made of pine and finished with 2 coats of shellac
Dovetail Box by haim hen
mahogany and african walnut jewelry box
Dovetail Box by António Samagaio
A Single dovetail box in Pine and hard wood finish with lemon shelac
Dovetail Box by LeanneFleming
1/4″ poplar, finished with clear water based poly and wax.
Dovetail Box by Brett Dowden
Walnut. Shellac finish.
Dovetail Box by berber5985
Sliding Lid Box Made of Dibetou made with mitered shoulder dovetails
Dovetail Box by haim hen
oak and mahogany PENCIL BOX
Dovetail Box by Jimmy Chrisawn
A keepsake box for my granddaughter. Walnut re sawed to 1/2 stock with book matched top and bottom. Wipe on poly.
A few different boxes sandpaper caddy, chisels, auger bits, and micrometer storage.
Dovetail Box by FarRed
Music box made from Eastern Red (Aromatic) Cedar. Paul’s video on housing dados was very helpful in creating the inside divider wall.
Dovetail Box by Chris Swope
Dovetail box made with pine.
Dovetail Box by Bad Dog Woodworking
Dovetail and housing dado caddy.
Dovetail Box by Chris Swope
Dovetail box made with pine and cedar.
Dovetail boxes by NikonD80
A couple of Boxes made from clear Pine. The larger one has an Oak bottom and the smaller has Sapele banding top and bottom.
Dovetail Box by mmoreno610
Dovetail box for my files & rasps: Sides in pine, Top, Bottom and insert tray in poplar. Stained, shellac and wax finish
Dovetail Box by presrevkerr
Maple with nesting box
Dovetail Box by Andii
Dovetail jewelry box made from scrap merbau decking wood.
Dovetail Box by aspirinab9
Fitted lid dovetail with rosewood and white oak. Finished with clear shellac and wax
Dovetail Box by Aaron
Eight shaker-style dovetail boxes made as Christmas (2015) gifts for family. Made from eastern white pine and finished with shellac and wax. I dabbled with orange shellac on two of the boxes.
Dovetail Box by valeriodangelo
Mohogany dovetail box
Dovetail Box by Rob Young
Built from rough 4/4 stock as continuous demonstration during Lie-Nielsen Handtool Event. Mansonia wood (African Walnut).
Dovetail Box by Todd Fleming
Walnut, basswood top; chip carved and woodburnt, half-blind tails, shellac finish
Dovetail Box by Johan Basson
Dovetailed playing card box made from beech and walnut
Dovetail Box by Robert Thomas
Walnut and Curly cherry with a shellac finish
Dovetail Box by Todd Dreiling
Curly Maple box. Thanks to P.S
Dovetail Box by wsilvio3625
Mahogany and bird’s eye maple pencil box with purple heart pull.
Dovetail Box by Erez z
walnut and oak
Dovetail Box by bobyeager
My Dovetail Jewelry Box Before Staining (No Power Tools Used) Poplar and Oak
Dovetail Box by Bob Yeager
American Oak and Poplar Dovetail Jewelry Box (My first woodworking project) No Power Tools. I studied Paul’s tutorials over the past four months. Prepared my tools and learned to sharpen everything. One day, I was watching the dovetail box videos and started to build one with oak and poplar. As I was moving forward, I realized it would make a fantastic jewlery box for my wife. I probably messed up my dovetails at least 12 times. So, I just kept starting over until I completed everything. I’ll upload a picture without the stain just after this. Paul, thank you so very much for your video mentoring. My father and I always wanted to do these types of projects together. Sadly, he passed away 3 years ago before we had the chance. Now, I’ll do them with my children, thinking of him, with your guidance. Thank you so very much. – Bob Yeager
Dovetail Box by Steve Scartozzi
Cherry and Walnut
Dovetail Box by Stijn Bossuyt
Pine dovetail box for storing hard drive, both as birthday gift for girlfriend. The curly letter was cut out with a coping saw. I chose a shellac finish.
Dovetail Boxes by Dave Robbie
Various dovetail boxes of walnut, pine, cherry, and redwood. Making lots of them to gain practice.
Dovetail Box by wsilvio3625
Sapele and African Mahogany with holly, purple heart and ebony stringing line and berry. Made to hold a dear friend’s ashes after his battle with cancer.
Dovetail Box by Martin Lehrmann
Small box made of oak. Shellac finish.
Dovetail Box by greitzera
Red Oak Box
Dovetail Box by timvogan
Chisel box made out of mahogany-like pallet wood
Dovetail Boxes by rgjohn19
Made out of pine for nephews
Dovetail Boxes by Karol
….could not resist to brag a little about my produce, made out of pine no finish applied yet
Dovetail Box by Matthew Kerr
Walnut Bible Box
Dovetail Box by jamespatterson
Poplar chisel box with lid
Dovetail Box by Tom Funk
The chisel box is my best effort so far with dovetails. It’s made from poplar and finished with natural Watco oil.
Dovetail Boxes by Daithi O’Riogain
Conforming to the nonconformist tradition of including “intentional” mistakes… My boxes made of pallet wood (?) finished with propolis and beeswax with a little decoration. In the small one I hid the grooves behind the pins at the end of the box. Thank you Paul.
Dovetail Box by Tolga
I used eastern European pine and finished with shellac. Thank you very much for all the knowledge and inspiration.
Dovetail Box by rlennon
Sliding top dovetail box. Pine and amber shellac/wax
Dovetail Box by Matthew Wiles
Dovetail box made from yellow pine with shellac finish.
Dovetail Box by Tolga Avcioglu
I used pine and finished with shellac. Thank you very much for all the knowledge and inspiration.
Dovetail Box by mercified
mahogany and red oak; finished with shellac and wax; 11″x7″x2.5″
Dovetail Box by btyreman
My first sliding dovetail box, made from spruce and redwood, finished with shellac and clear wax, this is my third box now, with each one there are small improvements
Dovetail Box by deanbecker
Reclaimed mahogany and red oak finished with schellac and wax then buffed
Dovetail Boxes by jard011
3 pine boxes, the taller is oak and pine. Thus begins my journey. I had thougtht to wait until retirement to begin woodworking due to space constraints. Following Paul I’ve learned I can create with my hands with a minimum of tools and space; all that’s needed is a little creativity along with instruction and confidence.
Dovetail Box by Jon Weald
A keepsake box which i made from Ash and Purple Heart for my good friends baby
Dovetail Box by Alex D
Pine dovetail box with two tone stain
Dovetail Box by CJ Broome
First attempt at the Shaker Box. Made with recycled wood from a damaged pipe organ pipe.
Dovetail Box by Jon Place
Shaker Style Candle Box as per Paul’s Book. Made from New Zealand Pine and finished with Shellac.
Dovetail Box by Andrew Konopitski
Pine. Ended up tearing up the top rim with a dull beading plane so I glued on a new rim and beveled it.
Dovetail Box by mercified
Chisel Box — poplar with shellac and wax; had to add breadboard ends to limit the lid curl
Dovetail Box by rickyli647
made out of 2 by 4. resaw and thickness by hand, my first dovetail ever.
Dovetail Box by btyreman
Dovetail Box for a microphone made using some old Brazilian Mahogany, finished with de-waxed shellac then dark wax.
Dovetail Box by philvogt
Pine and walnut finished with shellac
Dovetail Box by Anthony Rich
Dovetail Practice
Dovetail Box by Bryson Hillis
Walnut and oak. The star is walnut and poplar. This was my first 100% hand tool project.
Dovetail Box by Brandon Sweet
Tulip Poplar & Purple Heart
Dovetail Box by Zach Patberg
Sliding lid pencil box made from cherry
Dovetail Box by scott75
Sliding lid dovetail box-Pallet salvage mahogany
Dovetail Box by Max Broome
Cedar scraps with shellac box for craft pieces
Dovetail Box by Arjan Kerpel
Mahogany dovetailed pencilbox
Dovetail Box by btyreman
second sliding lid dovetail box, made from oak with shellac and dark wax finish.
Dovetail Box by Stellmacher
Small pens and notepad crate As a Christmas present, I made this little box for storing notepads and pens. Actually, I do not have to write much, everything was made by hand and connected with dovetails. There really were no electrical machines involved. The rounded edges on the bottom I made, for example with a Stanley # 4.
Dovetail Box by Stellmacher
Just a dovetailed Box
Dovetail Box by Adane
Beech box with rebated lid, finished with linseed oil.
Dovetail Box by Christopher Schlosser
Chisel box
Dovetail Box by Josh Babin
Purpleheart, Maple, and Walnut Dovetail Box
Dovetail Box by mxbroome1
A gift for housing a couple of watches. Made from Walnut. The squirrely grain was wicked hard to plane.
Dovetail Boxes by Christopher Guest
Second and third dovetail boxes. Shellac and wax finish.
Dovetail Box by MIKE OBRYAN
Pine dovetail box. First ever hand tools only
Dovetail Box by charmston
Cherry box with relief carving and cedar lined
Dovetail Box by James Light
Dovetail box of Wild Cherry and Black Walnut wood to hold my Ashley Isles chisels my wife got me for Christmas.
Dovetail Box by Kenneth McCraw
kindling box, pine with linseed oil and wax
Dovetail Box by Jim Light
Dovetail box of White Oak and Black Walnut. I made it for my wife to store her manuals, tools and foot pedal for her Singer Featherweight sewing machine that she pieces all her quilts with.
Dovetail Box by James Light
Stacked Dovetail Boxes for storing 1/4 sandpaper sheets. Cherry & Oak wood. Top and bottoms are reclaimed Oak barn siding, even has a couple nail holes. Partitions made to hold sandpaper when I cut a full sheet into 4 equal pieces.
Dovetail Box by Zdenko Tudor
Pine
Dovetail Box by Thomas Ender
spruce, lid and bottom plywood poplar, 1st dovetailing attempts thx to Paul’s 3-part series 🙌
Dovetail Box by Dennis O’Shea
Just a box my 100 year old Mother had asked for. Made out of popular with mineral oil finish
Dovetail Box by joeblues79
Walnut box with wood duck marquetry
Dovetail Box by ENRIQUE HULSZ
Mahogany and Ash, Shellac finish
Dovetail Box by David Barker
dovetail box with lock..I used pine for the carcase of the box
Dovetail Boxes by David Barker
Two styles of box made in pine
Dovetail Box by Peter Gaffney
Red Oak and Poplar Dovetail box with a housing dado divider. Finished with clear shellac and wax. I made this for a silent auction my wife was having for her school choir. Couldn’t compete with the coupon for hair styling but it had the most bids. Ha!
Dovetail Box by mercified
hard maple; cherry inlay; shellac and wax; gift for baby’s baptism
Dovetail Box by Kevin Herman
Mahogany dovetail box
Dovetail Box by Glenn Kuffel
Box #4. Pine. All hand tools using Paul’s techniques. Practice improves.
Small Dovetail Box by Kenneth McCraw
Small Deodar Cedar box with Spalted Maple top and bottom Shellac finish
Dovetail Box by Kenneth McCraw
Pine box with Mahogany trim Shellac finish
Dovetail Box by Kenneth McCraw
Box made with Pine cut offs glued together, top Ash frame with Elm insert Shellac finish
Dovetail Boxes by Kenneth McCraw
Pine tool storage box for my Record 044 and one for my Stanley 289, one oil finish and one Shellac finish
Small Dovetail Box
Small Sliding Lid box, made from old wood from toolbox till. Note nail hole in bottom. Wood seems to be spruce or white pine.
Dovetail Box by Stefaan Verweirder
Stanley71 box
Dovetail Boxes by David Sims
Matching Thank You Note Holders
Dovetail Box by Jan Skorepa
Dovetail box for my chisels. Made of oak and alder.
Dovetail Boxes by Nenad Jankovic
Made from pine (recycled part of old doors), finish with shellac.
Dovetail Box by Keith Oxby
Chisel tray with ash sides (rift sawn) and a white oak bottom (quartersawn). Finished with shellac and wax. This was the first project that I made using my new Paul Sellers workbench!
Dovetail Boxes by Jonathan Rahall
A couple of dovetail boxes I have made to practice my skills.
Dovetail Box by mercified
box for watercolor brushes; cherry, wipe-on poly, wax
Dovetail Boxes by Brian Rosenberg
Collection of dovetail boxes for tools
Dovetail Boxes by Richard Homewood
My first 4 dovetail boxes. Still learning! Ash; sycamore; ash and sycamore; oak.
Dovetail Box by Stefaan Verweirder
Playcard box
Dovetail boxes by Francois Lafaix
3 simple trays, red pine finished with shellac
Dovetail Box by whitewolf
Yellow pine, caseïne paint and beeswax small tea box
Dovetail Box by Przemyslaw Mysik
This box I made for my daughter’s puzzles and it’s constructed out of pallet wood. I done some pyrography on the top of the lid.
This box has been made completely out of pallet wood. Used magnets to hold the lid and for the firs time I have installed butt hinges. Wood burned this picture and finished with clear shellac.
Dovetail Box by Michael
Purple Heart wood box w/lid
Dovetail Box by Stefaan Verweirder
Inlay compas , meranti / pine .box , meranti ,beech bottem oak .
Dovetail Box by Christopher Guest
Re-sawn (by hand) cherry off-cut, and lime for the base. First dovetails in hardwood. 1/2″ thick sides and ends.
Dovetail Box by Christopher Guest
Re-sawn oak off-cut, this time getting down to 1/4″ on the sides. Dovetails still have gaps, but the grain is forgiving visually. Happy with the result, and with the learning involved in planing thin stock.
Dovetail box by Jim Baker
Twelve-cornered dovetail box in poplar and pine. Handmade hinges.
Dovetail Box by Asteriou woodworks
White oak decorative box. Angled sides and walnut accents gives an elegant design.
Dovetail Box by Benoît Thomoux
Pine chisel box. Shellac and wax finish
Dovetail Box by joeleonetti
cherry with garnett shellac on outer wood; unfinished wood for inside lining/lip is spanish cedar (smells wonderful); for my dad’s birthday I make a box to put his gift in. We both know what the real gift is. Thanks Paul for teaching me how to do this.
Dovetail Box by Robert parsons 81
Made from pine
Dovetail Box by deon mackenzie
maple sides, ash bottom and lid
Dovetail Box by Mantvydas
Lime wood dovetail box
Dovetail Box by Stefaan Verweirder
Giftbox with inlay
Dovetail Box by patrick loria
small desktop box with cherry and walnut. My second project after watching Paul’s video multiple times. I still need much practice on the housing dado. My gaps are too noticeable.
Dovetail Box by JONATHAN HARRIS
First dovetail box. Pine finished with shellac. About six weeks in and can’t get enough. Thank you Paul!
Dovetail Box by Tristan Evans
Box made for a family heirloom Bible that’s 180 years old using 100 year old timber
Dovetail Box by Greg Ford
Dovetail caddy for hinge hardware. Made of leopardwood and white oak.
Dovetail Box by Greg M
Made from Sapele, finished with Danish Oil, 3 coats of clear lacquer, and paste wax
Dovetail Box by Stefaan Verweirder
Remote box
Dovetail Box by mercified
maple; from a single piece of firewood; shellac and wax; 10″x4″x2″
Dovetail Box by Amir
Dovetail box for my chisels. Made from Pine.
Dovetail Box by Alan Connon
Practice box from white deal.
Dovetail Box by Alan Connon
Pencil box made from London plane, a new job present for my wife.
Dovetail Box by c fenton
A wedding card gift box of sequoia redwood and pine. Finished with polyurethane.
Dovetail Box by Adam
Tasmanian ‘blackheart’ Sassafras.
Dovetail Box by mercified
nothing remarkable about this box (poplar, shellac, wax), but it solves the problem of “where on the benchtop is a sharp pencil?” Sharp ones in front; to-be-sharpened in back. Plus, stub tenon practice.
Dovetail Box by rayc21
Dovetail screw, nail caddy. Made from pine finished with one coat varnish
Dovetail Box by rayc21
Made from pine finished with three coats of shellac and waxing
Dovetail Box by Kaleb
A Box I made for my 5YO cousin for Christmas. I will be for her china tea set she received earlier in the year. Made of Poplar and finished with 3 coats of Polyurethane. My first time doing any carving work and I enjoyed it quite a bit. I also tried “dowel inlays” for accents and flowers. Learned alot and enjoyed this project immensely! Now on to the next!
Dovetail Box by Matt Lund
Candle box with drawer
Dovetail Box by mark leatherland
Dovetail box I made for an 89 year old man i befriended in a cafe by way of thanks for the wood and tools he gave me. Walnut and ash.
Dovetail Box by Larry Christensen
A simple box using Southern Yellow Pine. Following Pauls videos it came together. A week before I had never cut a dovetail. Thank you Paul.
Dovetail Box by mercified
cherry dimensioned by hand from a limb fallen on my father-in-law’s farm; shellac & wax; card box for one of the son
Dovetail Box by steven newman
Recipe Box
Dovetail Box by Michal Kuchta
My very first set of dovetails. This is my first masterclass project… I am hooked. Thank you, Mr. Sellers!
Dovetail Box by James Reid
Jewelry Box of cherry, maple & cedar. Hand-cut Krenovian dovetails with medium Schwung.
Dovetail Box by JONATHAN HARRIS
Pencil box with sliding lid, made with scraps of pine and walnut. First time using a plough plane to make some grooves (with mixed success), but happy with the way it turned out.
Dovetail Box by D.
Tissue box holder in maple finished with Danish oil and paste wax
Dovetail Box by JONATHAN HARRIS
Dovetail box in birdseye maple. laminated poplar/walnut bottom. The joinery leaves a lot to be desired, but the lumber makes up for it I think. Still learning, thank you Paul!
Dovetail Box by Stefaan Verweirder
Remote box .beech oak meranti padouk pine double dovetail.
Dovetail Box by Chris Merchant
Made from walnut and an unknown lighter colored wood.
Dovetail Box by Matt Lund
Dovetail box in red oak
Dovetail Box by Patrick Rippl
Lidded Dovetail Box for my Chisels made of Beech. Three coats of shellac and buffed with furniture wax.
Dovetail Box by MARCIN KLOS
Build home for my Stanley 78 plane. Meranti (box), iroko (lid) and leather (lid inlay).
Dovetail Box by nemo
A simple dovetail box for the bathroom, to hold cotton swabs. Fourth attempt at dovetails (3rd one was a similar box, given away as a present). Box was initially left unfinished but water would cause marks on the wood, so added a couple of layers of acrylic varnish.
Dovetail Box by Nicholas Gaudiuso
Used what I learned from the keepsake project to build this. Made from mahogany I found at an estate sale. I was given a statue of St Joseph by my wife on my birthday. The box serves as a stand and I put a slot in it to place prayer intentions in.
Dovetail Boxes by Keith Oxby
My second dovetail caddy in African Mahogany and a pencil box in black cherry.
Dovetail Box and Snake by Marc-Andre Petit
Dovetail box made of pine with the snake made of cherrywood with my daughter. We had a blast when the head fell off at the last cut! We glued a little piece of wood in a saw kerf to held it back to the body!
Dovetail Box by Daniel Goldsmith
A present for my mum. My second box as a present. Still learning by happy with the result. Oak and Walnut, shellac finish.
Dovetail Boxes by Francois Lafaix
Four dovetail boxes made from redwood and meranti with a shellac finish, as an exercise in consistency
Dovetail Box by Jason Jenkins
Brown oak with shellac finish
Dovetail Boxes by rayc21
Workshop tidy boxes made from pine finishing will be shellac when all boxes are finished
Dovetail Boxes by peter marshall
Dovetail Boxes – Presents for my Sisters – Combinations of Cherry , Douglas Fir and Hemlock – Finish is 3 coats of Blonde Shellac with a topcat of Walrus Oil Furniture Butter
Dovetail Box by James Taylor
A dovetail box. Leopard wood with purpleheart boarder and hand made drawer pull.
Dovetail Box with drawer and lock. interior box Baltic Birch plywood, maple drawer bottom and purpleheart trim. Interior lining aromatic cedar. Rare earth magnet to secure the drawer.Dovetail Box with drawer and lock. interior box Baltic Birch plywood, maple drawer bottom and purpleheart trim. Interior lining aromatic cedar. Rare earth magnet to secure the drawer.
Dovetail Box by rayc21
Recycled pine. Two more dovetail workshop tidies
Dovetail Box by Tomasz Maciej
Oak dovetail box with sapeli and beech lid.
Dovetail Box by Peter Marshall
Barbara’s Birthday Present – Evening sun on the Cherry Dovetail Box – finished with 5 coats of Shellac and Wax -. box lid painting by Sarah Marshall
Dovetail Box by rayc21
Made from Pine finished with three coats of shellac and waxing.
Dovetail Box by David Fernhed
A box. Pine. Many mistakes but i’m learning all the time.
Dovetail Box by Bryan Donovan
Dovetail boxes for gifts
Dovetail Box by peter marshall
Dovetail Tea Box – Cherry wood finished with Shellac and Wax
Dovetail Box by Kenneth McCraw
Small angled Pine box. Shellac finish
Bach Remedy Dovetail Box by Justin Emrich
Bespoke box to hold 38 ‘Bach’ Remedy bottles made from Oak with ply dividers
Dovetail Boxes by georgewall42
Dovetail box in mahogany and oak, sandpaper caddy in mahogany
Dovetail Box by Austris Krastins
Jewelry box made from oak. Finished with transparent shellac. These are the first dovetails in my life and they came out quite good.
Dovetail Box by Kent Hansen
I often work from a chest and found my router plane to prove troublesome from a storage standpoint. I designed this box based on Paul’s dovetail box project and thought it was a great “adaptation.” I constructed the box wholly from poplar…waiting for it to “brown up!”
Dovetail Box by Ed Hitt
Shaker Candle Box from Paul’s book “Working Wood ” – Made from Blue Stain Lodgepole Pine. I harvested the trees and had them milled into two-inch thick, rough-sawn boards. I used hand planes and hand saws to make the boards for the project from the rough sawn lumber.
Dovetail Box by Greg Wold
Very first dovetails, in the simple box
Dovetail Box by Chuck Wimpee
Desk top box with hidden wood hinges made from figured maple and african padauk
Dovetail Box by James Taylor
Humidor leopard wood with purpleheart trim and epoxy top. hidden hinges, lock and a drawer
Dovetail Box by Stijn Bossuyt
Pencil box with lid, made from recycled pine. I lined the inside with red felt to cover up a blood stain, because I accidentally cut myself with my marking knife trying to get the lid dimensions just right. The inside of the lid is a separate piece that is glued on, so that the brass studs for the leather handle are hidden on the inside.
Dovetail Box by Kristophe Sankar
Small dovetail box made from pitch pine and finished in Linseed oil and paste wax.
Dovetail Boxes by Dave Larson
Funerary boxes for my parents. Mother’s uses leaf inlay method from hand mirror project.
Dovetail Box by Michal Ozaist
A yarn box, for neat knitting. Pine, finished with amber shellac and wax.
Dovetail Box by Peter Marshall
Tea Box – Dovetail box made out of Cherry and finished with Oil and Wax.
Dovetail Box by peter marshall
Dovetailed Box from Cherry Wood finished with Shellac and wax . Artwork by Sarah Marshall .
Dovetail Box by Paul Walton
Small oak box with inlay.
Dovetail Box by Bham2014
Dovetail Box by D. Tissue box holder in mahogany and poplar finished with oil-based polyurethane and paste wax
Dovetail Box by Joe Leonetti
Dovetailed (half blind) box made of cherry and maple to hold tea bags. Finished with shellac.
Dovetail Box by Andy Lockwood
Made from four oak table legs and some brown oak
Dovetail Box by Mike Conner
A cherry and maple hinged box for trinkets. The lid lift is rosewood from a broken Stanley plane tote that I couldn’t bear to throw away. Made from offcuts of other projects and finished with shellac and wax.
Dovetail Box by George Bodi
Black walnut with mulberry tree lid handle. The project is a mix between Paul’s dovetail and keepsake boxes, toned down to my skill level.
Dovetail Box by rotaryw
A box I made for a very special person. Dovetailed and with a nice lid on top.
Dovetail Box by Tim Ruhlman
A dovetail box I made from a dead walnut tree in my backyard
Dovetail Box by David Chislett
Dovetail box in ash made from a newel post off cut.
Dovetail Box by Sam Miller
My first project. A pine dovetail box for my chisels. Happy with how it came out.
Dovetail Box by Tom Armstrong
Pencil Box for my daughters Christmas present. Made from whitewood/spruce
Dovetail Box by Rob McDiarmid
Mitered dovetail tea box with family crest carving made from cherry and basswood finished with Danish oil.
Dovetail Box by Rafał Dymecki
Dovetail box made of pine wood. Finished with pure oil and wax.
Various Dovetail Boxes by joeleonetti
Small Boxes for Christmas Gifts. Misc woods finished with shellac. One of these is Paul’s Keepsake box. Family was happy to receive them.
Dovetail Box by Joe Leonetti
Dovetailed Baltic Birch Plywood “Box” for Subwoofers. Finished with garnet shellac. It’s big 4’x2’x18″ and heavy which made it a challenge. Took 110 hours. Nephew to do the “electronics” part as it is for him I made it..
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