| Blog series by USCJeff | updated 919 days ago | 3 parts | 773 reads | 12 comments total |
Part 1: Porter Cable Dovetail Jig Joinery
Continuing the Lesson’s Learned Theme: I used mitered joints for my Mom’s jewelry box that I completed last weekend. Moving on to my wife’s box, I decided to up the level of the craftsmanship and use half-blind dovetails to join the box sides. I went to my PC Dovetail jig to do this. I have very limited time logged with this jig, so I had to refer to the manual for setup as it has been a while. Here are a couple things that I would have liked to have known prior to th...
Part 2: Half-Blind joints Pics (The Good and the Bad!)
Here are the Half-Blind joints I was commenting on in my prior entry. Here is the first one I did. I did it without tweaking the jig. As you can see, there was a consistent gap. The tails didn’t quite fit in snuggly. I made a slight tweak of the depth, and got a much better result: As you can see, I am creating a pine prototype as I go. I still make a lot of errors as a newbie and don't want to ruin the Walnut if I can help it.
Part 3: Assembled Case and Installed Felt
After cutting all the half-blinds, glued up and assembled the box sides. I cut a dado around all 4 sides for the solid wood bottom leaving a little room for potential wood expansion. I lined the bottom of the Walnut piece with red self-adhesive felt and lined the practice pine piece with dark blue felt. I’ve clamped up the stock I am cutting the lid from and will start shaping it on Saturday.
We learn from our mistakes. I've done a lot of learning.
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