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I was making the dovetail box with the sliding lid. I cut the pieces and then cut all the dovetails. They all came out pretty decently. I was so excited about this that I did the glue up right away. Got all the clamps on, made sure it was all nice and square, all just lovely.
Then I realized that I’d forgotten to cut the inner groove for the lid.
I got mine a few weeks ago. Also surprised at how quick the process is with them. I’d been using the sandpaper “scary sharp” method, which is just a pain in the neck. I can now hone any chisel or plane blade in just a couple of minutes. So my tools stay nice and sharp now.
I moved on to the dovetail caddy project. Just finished up my second one of those. So 24 dovetail corners all told. Still not perfect every time, but I think I’m continuing to improve. The last one had two really good joints, and two so-so. But none were horrible. But soon I’m going to need to make a large dovetail box to hold all my small dovetail boxes.
Looks like the lamp project is next. See the bottom of this blog post. http://paulsellers.com/2014/05/this-weeks-work-seems-so-right/
Fourth box done. Starting to get half decent. Got a Veritas dovetail saw and that does make a big difference. It’s not magical though. I still need to learn to cut straighter and at the right position on the line. Still, though, some of these joints on the last box were nearly perfect.
Onto the next one. My family is now sick of boxes and doesn’t want anymore, but I’ll find uses for them. 🙂
Just got ahold of a Record 044 last week, great condition with all 8 cutters. Though the cutters do need some grinding and honing. But got a couple into workable condition and used it to make one of my dovetail pencil boxes. It’s a blast to use. Looking forward to finding more uses for it.
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