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Tough project challenges

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Tough project challenges

Jim O'Connor

How many of us will be tempted to try to make 135 degree dovetails now that Bill has presented us with the problem and his solution? Many kudos to Bill and Derek and others who give us their problem to get ideas to help solve them. I follow these threads in great detail and while I'm no longer making any big furniture pieces I'm out in the shop every day and now I'm going to make some 135 dovetails just to prove to myself that I can. I'm busy making carved boxes a la Peter Follansbee for grandkids and greats and have made 4 sided dovetailed boxes but the 135 will be a challenge. You never stop needing to learn.

Re: Tough project challenges

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what's your address?

Bill Tindall, E.Tn.

Pointless learning to make 135 degree dovetails without a need at hand. I'll mail the drawer parts and you can mail them back with the dovetails cut. ;) Next week ideally.............

Re: Tough project challenges

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Re: what's your address?

Jim O'Connor

Good try Bill but I'm pretty sure that I am booked up for a long time. I like to make wooden puzzles and this exercise would be a similar test of my skills or lack thereof.

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