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First Dovetail Box

Project by ratchet posted 112 days ago 930 views 3 times favorited 25 comments Add to Favorites Watch

This is my first attempt at a dovetail box. I’m really satisfied with the tolerances of the 1/2 blind dovetails joints (done with an Incra jig).

Specs: 9” x 5” x 4” high. Maple and Walnut main case components. Mahogany top stripe and inside of lid. Walnut lift tab. Used a wiping oil for finish (still needs another coat or 2 and some wax).

I was originally planning for a lined bottom but now favor the way the Walnut looks.


The fine boxes found here on LJ’s have definitely inspired me. Thank you all.


25 comments so far

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Don K.

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posted 112 days ago

Turned out great…Very nice !!!!

-- Don S.E. OK

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tomd

216 posts in 664 days


posted 112 days ago

Good lookin’ box, nice job.

-- Tom D

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Joe Lyddon

483 posts in 946 days


posted 112 days ago

Excellent Job!

COOL!

-- Have Fun! Joe Lyddon - Alta Loma, CA USA - Home: http://www.WoodworkStuff.net ... My Small Gallery: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showgallery.php?ppuser=1389&cat=500"

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littlecope

583 posts in 396 days


posted 112 days ago

No, Thank You, Ratchet. Yours is as fine as any I have seen. Betcha can’t make just one! :)

-- Mike in Manchester, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

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ND2ELK

6174 posts in 668 days


posted 112 days ago

Looks very nice. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

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Innovator

3125 posts in 307 days


posted 112 days ago

I love the wood choices.

-- Whether You Think You Can or You Think You Can't, YOU ARE RIGHT!!!

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Bob Allen

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posted 112 days ago

Very nice! You have mastered one of the most important requirements to mastering woodworking “purportion and balance”. I have met many excellent wood workers that did not understand this concept. The mechanics of wood working can be learned…... Purportion and balance comes from instinct !!
good job.

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jack1

382 posts in 921 days


posted 112 days ago

Nice surprises in the project. Neat.

-- jack -- measure once, curse twice!

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scrappy

1609 posts in 324 days


posted 112 days ago

Very nice box. Great job with that Incra jig.

Like the way you split the dove tail at the lid edge.

Great choice of woods.

Great design.

Keep it up.

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

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ellen35

532 posts in 326 days


posted 111 days ago

What an impressive piece of work!
That is really striking!
Looking forward to more.
Ellen

-- Ellen on Cape Cod

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ChrisN

155 posts in 667 days


posted 111 days ago

Very Nice!!

-- Chris N, Westford, MA - "If you won't eat something from your fridge that turned green...why would you eat something that started out that way?"

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Mikeyf56

103 posts in 115 days


posted 111 days ago

Most excellent!

-- Powered by Smith & Wilson~~~

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Dennis Zongker

1014 posts in 486 days


posted 111 days ago

Great looking box. Your dovetails look crisp & clean.

-- Dennis Zongker

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Karson

25793 posts in 1294 days


posted 111 days ago

A great looking box. Nice job. A agree the interior of walnut looks great.

-- 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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littleron

6 posts in 117 days


posted 111 days ago

great looking box.

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cwdance1

186 posts in 153 days


posted 111 days ago

Very nice, great job

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Ben Kahmann

232 posts in 166 days


posted 111 days ago

I like the inside a lot, great box

-- Ben Kahmann Dayton, OH

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Roz

461 posts in 680 days


posted 111 days ago

If my first attempt at a dovetailed box looked that good, I believe I would have quit right there.
A great job and a beautiful box.

-- Terry Roswell, L.A. (Lower Alabama) "Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans."

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a1Jim

16770 posts in 471 days


posted 111 days ago

super box well done

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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Kent Shepherd

813 posts in 180 days


posted 110 days ago

Fantastic box
Thanks

-- Kent Shepherd * The goal is-----More Tools!

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ratchet

300 posts in 681 days


posted 110 days ago

Thank you all for the kind comments.
Littlecope; you are right. Ive already started on the next box.

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littlecope

583 posts in 396 days


posted 110 days ago

Just read that! You made me laugh out loud, my friend…Enjoy!! (still chuckling…)

-- Mike in Manchester, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

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degoose

1995 posts in 248 days


posted 110 days ago

Elegance personified.

-- Drink once, cut twice. New website up.... lazylarrywoodworks.com.au

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bill merritt

60 posts in 183 days


posted 110 days ago

Great job, hope I have same succsess.After owning an Incra Jig for years I started setting it up today. Will try to do as close to yours as I can. Again great job.

-- Bill Merritt -Augusta Ga. woodworker

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Bradford

787 posts in 716 days


posted 88 days ago

Now that’s how it’s supposed to be done. Very nice. Cool post.

-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.

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