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The point of this project was to practice my joints, Dovetails on this project. I fail to see the reasoning in practicing joints just so you have more fire wood. It also includes finger joints (which did not work out too well).
Hardly fine furniture or creative box making but a handy accessory none the less. Includes numerous ‘design features’ that I couldn’t be bothered fixing. This was mainly due to the ends are held to the bottom by dovetails and these were the first dovetails I had ever cut. So when errors started appearing in the finger joints that holds the sides on I was not going to recut my very nice FIRST dovetails to fix them. Hence the inclusion of a couple of unintended design features.
It works, a bit too heavy but it does the job.
I am currently working a small version that will be a ‘toy’ for either my son or one of my nephews. If it works out, I will make one for each of them.
Cheers
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Karson
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posted 142 days ago
A great learning experience. And a project to boot.
Good job.
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patron
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posted 142 days ago
first dovetails i ever did ,
i put them every where on box,
sides , ends , top and bottom !
i had a hell of a time getting it to fit .
i found it years later ,
and had to laugh at the clumsy work !
i don’t make them now ,
to much time !
but you got a nice box out of this deal.
and learned allot too !
-- david ,new mexico ,allheart
TopamaxSurvivor
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posted 142 days ago
Nice tote for your tools. Usually the dovetails are side grain to side grain because the glue doesn’t hold too good on end grain.
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a1Jim
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posted 142 days ago
Good practice piece looks fine
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Splinterman
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posted 141 days ago
-- I will just keep doing it till I get it right.
Mark Shymanski
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posted 141 days ago
A nice looking toolbox. Did you have problems with the DTs breaking off across the long grain as you were cutting them?
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Occie gilliam
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posted 135 days ago
Nice tool box, i need about ten of these, i think i will make ont today
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