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LJ Anniversary Claw Joint Box

Project by SPalm posted 410 days ago 1339 views 8 times favorited 15 comments Add to Favorites Watch

It has been one year since I joined LJs. Boy has it grown! This is one fantastic site and both Martin and the Jocks should be congratulated on its success. Thank you all for letting me become a part of it.

The pictures are of a Hawk Claw joint box that I made. I have wanted to try it for years. It was made famous by Kintaro Yazawa. I don’t even come close to the master’s work, but it was kind of fun. The trick is to make mortise and tenon joints with a long tenon and a short mortise. Then make a cut through the bottom of the mortise and carve a matching design on top of the tenon and so that the design pokes through the cutout.

Mine is made out of white oak. I used my fancy router thingy to do the tenons and scroll-sawed out the bottom of the mortises. This was followed by lots of filing and test fitting. Not an easy job as it was difficult to determine how to get each joint to fit. I went through a few fits and starts. I plan to try again and improve the way it looks and flows. Kind’a cool though.

Steve

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon


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Karson

25792 posts in 1293 days


posted 410 days ago

Congratulations on your first year. A beautiful box. Looks very impressive.

A fantastic job.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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Martin Sojka

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posted 409 days ago

Congrats Steve! Keep enjoying woodworking and site ;)

-- Martin, http://lumberjocks.com | My Facebook: http://profile.to/msojka

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CharlieM1958

7608 posts in 1111 days


posted 409 days ago

Impressive, Steve. I wouldn’t even attempt something like that.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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martin007

110 posts in 668 days


posted 409 days ago

very interesting joint! very nice and original. I may try this sometime

thanks for sharing

-- Martin, Gatineau, Québec

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Douglas Bordner

3421 posts in 957 days


posted 409 days ago

Happy LJ Birthday, Steve. Incredible joinery. Even after seeing the “How they do it” section in FWW, I am impressed with your hard work.

The other thing is, I am constantly reciting your signature line. One of my favorites…
Thanks for all you bring to the LumberJocks mix.

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

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jockmike2

7299 posts in 1139 days


posted 409 days ago

I also read that thing in FWW on How they did it. I have been wanting to try it but thought it to intricate for my arthritic hands. Anyway Happy one Year on LumberJocks. Its been fun.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

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Lee A. Jesberger

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posted 409 days ago

Hi Steve;

Quite an accomplishment I would say. Very good workmanship.

Happy one year anniversary. I have to wonder how many of us LJ’s can remember our wedding anniversaries?

I swear my wife keeps changing the date, just to make me feel bad. I always remember it’s coming, I just get the date wrong. lol

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

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EEngineer

275 posts in 506 days


posted 409 days ago

Very interesting work! True artistry. I have to add this to my list of things to try.

-- "Find out what you cannot do and then go do it!"

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ChuckV

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posted 409 days ago

That is great. Thanks for including the last photo with the joint open. That made it much clearer to me what is going on.

-- Chuck - Central Massachusetts

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sharad

705 posts in 697 days


posted 409 days ago

Very innovative piece of joinery.
Sharad

-- patanjali

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SCOTSMAN

2238 posts in 478 days


posted 409 days ago

Well done mysteriously beautiful. Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

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SPalm

945 posts in 775 days


posted 409 days ago

Thanks everyone for the kind comments.

The wife unit is taking me out to an anniversary dinner. I guess any reason not to cook will do.

Steve

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

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brianinpa

1365 posts in 616 days


posted 409 days ago

I like your style! Those are some really nice joints that add to a great box.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

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woodup

145 posts in 836 days


posted 409 days ago

Jaw dropping! That is so cool!

-- Michael, Fort Worth, TX. "I wood if I could!"

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jcees

552 posts in 692 days


posted 405 days ago

Tres coooool!

always,
J.C.

-- "Imagination is more important than knowledge" -- Albert Einstein

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