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Recent shelf for the bath Solid American Sugar Maple dovetail… well the pic says more than I can describe it
I did it in a couple of hours which is impressing because maple is difficult to cut dovtails into. Not to mention when you oil a piece of furniture such as this one if there are any microscopic mistakes, you can see all of them. My old master always said you can measure the skill of the cabinetmaker by his cut in maple dovetails.
This shelf turned out very nice, for just a couple hours work
-- Nicholas, Partenkirchen, Germany
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Bob42
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posted 176 days ago
It looks good to me. The dovetails came out nice. Great job.
-- Bob K. East Northport, NY
3fingerpat
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posted 176 days ago
Looks good, well done.
-- "You get what you inspect, not what you expect"
amir
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posted 176 days ago
Made in Germany, so looks good for me
Waldschrat
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posted 176 days ago
Thanks It is simple but the wood pulls it off! I love maple!
-- Nicholas, Partenkirchen, Germany
lumberknowledgist
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posted 176 days ago
Very sharp dovetails. May I ask how you joined the shelves?
-- Jason
jm82435
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posted 175 days ago
nice tight tails, clean design, I like it.
-- A thing of beauty is a joy forever...
Waldschrat
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posted 175 days ago
Thanks for the positiv comments! Thats really cool!
The shelves are joined at the front with biscuits! I, Know, I know… Its not probably 100% textbook for the sake of solid wood, but in my defense, the shelves are only 120 mm or so and yeah… only the part with the biscuit is glued, so the back part of the shelves can move with moisture!
Thanks again for compliments on the dovetail joining
-- Nicholas, Partenkirchen, Germany
DaddyT
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posted 168 days ago
Hell it would have took me 2 hours to cut one side of the dovetails !! Really nice job.
-- Jimi _ permanent inhabitant of the man cave( workshop )