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My niece had asked me to make a small shelf for her computer desk so she could place the computer monitor on the shelf and the keyboard would slide underneath the shelf. I had some leftover red oak from a previous project, a small step for my wife. This shelf is just a smaller version of that project. Unfortunately my table saw would not turn on today, I suspect a bad power on\off switch. I had to use all hand tools to make this: hand saws, planes and chisels. FYI, cutting 3/4” red oak with a rip saw is no fun, but you gotta do what you gotta do. I did a lousy job of cutting the dovetails, mistakenly cut on the wrong side of my layout lines a couple of times. So some of the joints have a bad case of gaposis, bummer :o(
Updated 02 Jan 09: My niece loved the piece, it works perfectly for what she wanted, I updated the picture to show it in use.
-- "You get what you inspect, not what you expect"
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Tomcat1066
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posted 351 days ago
Well, looking at the finished product, I think it looks pretty darn good! What are the dimensions on this?
-- "Give me your poor tools, your tired steel, your huddled masses of rust." Yep, I ripped off the Statue of Liberty. That's how I roll!
piper
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posted 351 days ago
we learn by doing. a good gift and a good learning experience. Besides any time in the shop is a good time.
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lew
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posted 351 days ago
Beautiful Job!!
Nice dove tails, too!
3fingerpat
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posted 351 days ago
Thanks, but in the interest of total honesty, here a link to the pic with the not so good joints:
http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s326/delaneypj/100_1948.jpg
Dimensions are: 20” wide, 5.5” deep and about 4.75” tall
-- "You get what you inspect, not what you expect"
DAN
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posted 351 days ago
I’ve cut a few sloppy dovetails in my time >grin<
... what I do is glue and drive in small slivers, wedges etc in the loose joints and sand them flush … stain or finish. Doesn’t always cover up the mistake, but many times makes them go away… especially to the untrained eye.
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93mwm
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posted 300 days ago
i am a fan of hand cut joinery (even if it happened by accident) so hats off to you sir.
ps.(nice saw!) ive got the the same one shes a beut
-- mwm! Before you criticise walk a mile in their shoes, and when you do criticise you will be a mile away and have their shoes!