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Frank D. in Montreal

>Here's a closer view of the DT. everything is pine except the drawers which are 100-year-old douglas fir (cutoffs from recycled beams).

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Paul Kierstead

>Those are your *first* dovetails??? Mine were burned....very nice for a first crack.

Y'Know, the more I see Douglas Fir, the more I think it is massively underrated.

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Tim Leo

>It is hard to make nice dovetails in pine...great job

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Vic

>very nice job. I've still got my first hand cut dovetails somewhere as a reminder of what not to do. I agree pine is difficult for dovetails.

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Sanford Levy

>Nice job! I was thinking about some way to store my growing collection of handsaws rather than just sticking them on my pegboard. Is this a common way to do it? It looks pretty effective and it looks like the teeth are unlikely to get hit by things. Sanford

Thanks guys

Frank D. in Montreal

>Hi Sanford,

I think it's pretty common, some people use dowels too but they are hard to align. I didn't follow a plan but I probably saw one like it before. This system isn't as effective as ones like Dan Donaldson's where the saw has a support for the handle at the bottom and another one for the blade above that. I have to hang the big saws teeth outwards, which isn't ideal, but the blades lean in all the way against the board (they don't protrude much) and my till will pretty much be up and out of the way in a corner. I also wanted to keep it simple so it wouldn't take me 6 months to build.

Thanks for all the nice comments.

Frank

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Bruce, a MN galoot

>Someplace I have a book of German student guild projects that were all done in doug fir. It was very nice work. I agree with you that it's underrated.

Bruce

Doug fir

Frank D. in Montreal

>I agree with you guys, it's a beautiful wood. Maybe it's not too popular because it's quite hard to work with (it splinters really easily) and because it dings easily too?

Simple is Good

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

>Frank,

I like your scrap wood saw till as well. While it may be "simple" it is effective, which puts you in a better spot than you where in before you made it eh? When building storage cabinets/racks I think that the Function Over Form way of thinking is a good way to go in most cases.

Excellent job on those DT's by the way. Make sure you date them for future reference.

Todd O.

I'm not laughing!

Steve Kubien

>I really like your design Frank. In fact, I like it so much that I will incorporate it into my own shop. I too have a mix of western (mostly) and eastern saws.

Thank you for sharing,

Steve Kubien

Ajax, Ontario

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Brad in Ottawa

>Are we supposed to laugh at you calling those first time dovetails Carpenter Dovetails??? Unless your camera is being extremely kind I think they look great!

Brad

Very nice

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>Simple and elegant design Frank. Your first hand cut dovetails? You suck;) Nice Job!

Thanks again all!

Frank D. in Montreal

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