Hand Tools doings #9: Rabbetted box

That’s great! Man, I gotta get me some of those specialty planes. The smallest chisel I have is 1/4” so I can’t very well do a groove as narrow as that. I’ve actually thought about filing down and honing an allen wrench (I don’t have a grinder) and just gluing that up inside a block of wood to use as a makeshift tiny chisel.

As for the rabbets – saw and chisel. Not an easy way to do it. I love the look of that rabbet plane – homemade?

-- Eric at http://adventuresinwoodworking.com

Eric – I wish I could have made a plane that nice, but nope – its a Lee Valley purchase.

-- Betsy - GO BUCKS!

Well, whenever you do get around to making one, I’ll send you my address so you can pass that one along to me. ;^)

-- Eric at http://adventuresinwoodworking.com

Very nice, Betsy. You are improving markedly with each post. Are you going to put a finish on your box?

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Got a nice box and some dandy tools, too. The two Veritas planes and the E.C. Emmerich rabbet plane, I recognize but I don’t know that saw. Whacha got there, Betsy?

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

I’ll keep that in mind Eric.

Doug – its a Japanese saw—- not sure if its the one with the R or the D. But it cuts on the pull stroke, Cuts like a knife through butter actually.

Scott – yes I plan to put a finish of some sort on after I get a little more cleaning up done on it.

I have to give myself props on this though – this all hand tool box actually looks better than my first all machine box. So there is progress being made.

-- Betsy - GO BUCKS!

Boy, you are getting better by the day! Sorry about the boo boo.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

That Veritas plow plane makes me plenty envious!

-- Just another woodworker

Ooh! You have the Veritas plow plane! I played with that for about 20 minutes at the woodworking show a few weeks ago. How do you like it? That can cut rabbets too, though not as wide as the rabbets you cut on your box lid.

Your fillister plane has a scoring blade on it, doesn’t it? That’s supposed to prevent tear-out like you got on the underside of your lid. On your next box you can try scoring a deep line with a knife or even saw a shallow kerf where the edge of the rabbet goes to avoid that tear-out when rabbeting end grain.

You’re assembling a nice collection of hand tools. Nice job on the box!

-- johnjoiner

You’ve got a nice collection of hand tools developing. Neat box.

John the plow plane is sweet! Comes ready to use out of the box. There’s a learning curve on keeping it level – you wouldn’t think so – but it’s easy to tip it one way or the other. It may not be so bad on a larger work piece. The pieces I was working on was pretty small.

As for the scoring blade on the fillister plane – it does have one. The issue is making sure it’s set correctly. I think the knife kerf is a good idea.

Thanks David. Boxes are a favorite – small but still lots to them.

As to the hand tool collection. Well, I look at in as an investment in my health. If only I could my flex plan to apply I’d be in great shape. :-)

-- Betsy - GO BUCKS!

Betsy, The hand tool work is looking good. I should invest in some decent planes and use them as well. I do like reaching for the hand tools when I have a chance.

Thanks for posting your journey down this route, look forward to seeing more of it.

CtL

-- Chris L. "Don't Dream it, Be it."

Excellent! Great to see some results. Nice job on the first all-hand tool box.

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Way to work the hand tools. This has been an encouraging series.

-- Maplewood, MN

Thanks guys. I really do appreciate the encouragement. I’m putting a finish on this box now and will flock the inside then post my finished project. After sanding it a bit, it looks better.

Thanks again.

-- Betsy - GO BUCKS!