Project by Tim Dahn | posted 01-31-2010 08:03 PM | 5533 views | 1 time favorited | 13 comments | ![]() |
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This is the first project I made using hand tools, I dimensioned the wood with hand planes, reduced the thickness from 3/4” to 1/2” and cut the dovetails with my Japanese saw and chisels. Also made the raised panel bottom with a hand plane. The wood is poplar and is finished with a coat of zinsser seal coat shellac, a couple applications of transtint medium brown dye mixed with denatured alcohol and a final couple of coats of Minwax wipe on poly. The top of the tray has Deco Art, Napa red acrylic paint and the wipe on poly.
I must say I really enjoyed working on this project with hand tools, the quieter sounds, the shop less dusty.
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stefang
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#1 posted 01-31-2010 08:44 PM
A very fine result Tim. You did a great job on those dovetails too. I’m with you 100% on the joy of doing it all by hand. These are the kind of projects that make us feel like craftsmen. Of course I don’t let that stop me from using my machines a lot.
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lew
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#2 posted 01-31-2010 09:06 PM
Beautiful Tray!
Hope you didn’t get as frustrated as I did when you cut the dove tails on the angled sides.
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#3 posted 01-31-2010 09:07 PM
Very Nice Tim nice work
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#4 posted 01-31-2010 09:15 PM
Very nice, and the colors give it a festive appearance. Assume it is for carrying stuff from kitchen to patio or dining room or even passing around snacks at a game watching party or some such.
Some day I am going to try some hand stuff also, but I need to get the shop in order first. Those dovetails really look good. I don’t know about you, but I always make sure my photo closeups are only of the best joints and profiles…..(-:
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#5 posted 01-31-2010 09:29 PM
Great job, great looking tray I like the bottom with the raised panel and the dove tail ends making it very solid.
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#6 posted 01-31-2010 09:51 PM
nice tray you have made I like that is done unplugged
Dennis
Tim Dahn
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#7 posted 01-31-2010 11:24 PM
Thanks for the kind comments.
Mike, I’m not giving up the machines either…yet.
a1Jim Thanks! it was a lot of fun.
Lew The sides are not angled, although I see one of the pictures it kind of looks that way.
Jim Yes that is exactly it, for carrying food/snacks to the deck or to friends. The secrets out on the closeups!
GMman The raised panel bottom was not needed but I have seen that used in drawers on antique furniture so I thought I would give a try, turned out to be fairly easy way to fit the bottom in the dado.
Dennis Not totally unplugged but probably 95%, it has inspired me to try more hand work.
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Dennisgrosen
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#8 posted 01-31-2010 11:54 PM
and the best thing abaut unplugged is the sidebenefision silence (nearly) and no safety gear needed
good luck with it
I´m looking forward to my bench is restored so I can start woodworking as a galoot (gentleman as t-chisel say)
Dennis
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#9 posted 01-31-2010 11:59 PM
NICE JOB TIMBO
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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#10 posted 02-01-2010 01:07 AM
Very nice Tim,
Did you cut the groove or rabbet by hand too?
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#11 posted 02-01-2010 01:13 AM
Dick That is the one thing I did not do by hand, I did it on the table saw. But the side with the tails could not be a through cut so I did the ends with a chisel. One of these days I will find an old rabbit plane or similar to do those with.
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#12 posted 02-01-2010 01:17 AM
Tim,
I guess you can’t have everything.
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#13 posted 02-01-2010 01:40 AM
Beautiful work. Nice finish. You should be very pleased.
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