dovetail box

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Mike MacDonald, McDonald's Crn, Ontario

>this was my first project with hand cut dovetails.

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Dan Clermont in Burnaby

>Very nice Mike! How is the bottom attached? What kind of wood did you use?

Nice Job on the dovetails.

Dan Clermont in Burnaby

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Steve Kubien

>Nice job! That's really great for a 1st dovetail attempt, especially in pine! From experience (admittedly, it's limited), you must have real sharp chisels.

Thanks for sharing,

Steve Kubien

Ajax, Ontario

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Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

>Pretty good dovetails!

So, tell us about all the tools you used to make it, and how is the base attached? (is it a jewelry box?)

I like it

Jack Guzman from Maine

>That's nice Mike. Something about the look of pine... Looks like you got dovetails down pat too.---Jack

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Mike MacDonald, McDonald's Crn, Ontario

>The box isn't really supposed to be a jewellery box, but a treasure box. Our son started Kindergarten this fall and the one of a kinds are starting to pile up.

I think for next Christmas Santa may bring the matching cedar chest.

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Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in FL. Exile :~(

>Very nice little box indeed. I hope you dated it somewhere. If it's gonna be for childhood treasures you'd better make a bigger box, as such treasures as spegetti art come on big pieces of paper.

I've still got lots of the "treasures" that my daughter brought home are are amongest my most cherished possessions. Well worth keeping in my opinion. My daughter also enjoys looing back on them as well, and we share a story and a laugh or two.

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Ernie Miller *Topeka

>nice box how about some details about the lid and insides how are the tills held up is the felt glued in?

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Mike MacDonald, McDonald's Crn, Ontario

>The felt is glued to card stock and then just pressure fit into the tills and the bottom (it is to be replaced with a collage of family photos when my SIL gets back in the photo lab at her school)

The lid was another first. My fist raised panel with only hand tools (Grandpa's trusty Record SS #5) and a little trial and error (several errors, and some extra sawing)settled on using the lateral adjustment to set the angle and then just smoothing afterwards. I then decided to plane the two side boards to match the angle and to add a little personality.

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paul womack

>I like the inset lid - unusual.

And a Record SS is a fine tool. Nice driveby!

BugBear

let's see the panel!

Clay

>I like the idea of the miter-top sides, inset lid, and raised panel - how about a picture of the panel lid - closed?

Clay

Record SS?

Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in FL. Exile :~(

>What does the "SS" stand for?

Todd O.

SS stands for...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond,CA

>Scary sharp! It was Record's attempt at making a self sharpening plane. If you believe that let me show you this bridge...

All kidding aside it stands for "Stay Set" a 2 piece cap iron that you can remove the bottom portion for sharpening and not have to reattach (or reset) the whole cap iron.

Much the same product now sold by Clifton

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

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Mike MacDonald, McDonald's Crn, Ontario

>It's probably lost down here, but here is the top.

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Mike MacDonald, McDonald's Crn, Ontario

>The chip breaker is almost identical to the one sold on Cliftons today. It's thicker than the ones normally found on Stanleys. As stated before it's in two pieces making touch ups a breeze if you sharpen free hand, just pop out the iron, a few swipes on your sharpening method of choice and then drop the bottom back on and back into the plane.