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As I was installing the lid on this my 10 year old boy asked “what are ya makin’ dad, a cat coffin?”
This is my first attempt at dovetails. A friend gave me an old Craftsman dovetail jig that he had bought 20+ years ago and never used. He had not even cut the tape on the box. I made one test cut in some scrap and it turned out ok so I went to town.
I added the Walnut base to hide the void in the dovetail caused by the dado for the bottom.
All of the lumber is salvaged from a cabinet shop near my work.
The walnut was a strip about 10’ x 1 1/2” x 1”. The lid is 6 pieces glued up.
I’m not sure what the other wood is, alder or birch maybe.
Finish is 3 coats of Minwax gloss wipe on poly .
Approx. 13”x8”x6”
Total cost; $4.05 (hinges).
Tools used; router, dovetail jig, band saw, table saw, drillpress, planer, jointer, hand saw, cordless drill, spindle sander, orbital sander, chisel and hammer.
Thanks for looking, Bake.
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dakremer
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#1 posted 1200 days ago
I think it’s so cool when you can make something so nice for SO CHEAP! Recently someone through away a sofa outside my apartment – of course as a wood worker I know sofas usually have oak or some hardwood in it – it did, and I ripped it apart and got a lot of nice oaks boards out of it – just needs to be planed down – Now i have to figure out what i want to make out of it – Really nice “cat coffin” Looks really good!!
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Dez
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#2 posted 1200 days ago
Good work and salvaged materials as well.
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scrappy
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#3 posted 1200 days ago
Fantastic box. Love the use of scrap materials. Lots of nice wood there. Great joints and design.
I recently had a dresser given to me. 1950’s era. Top, Ends and all drawer fronts, all 3/4 thick maple. Great source for free wood.
Keep it up.
Scrappy
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a1Jim
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#4 posted 1200 days ago
Good job
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TopamaxSurvivor
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#5 posted 1200 days ago
Nice box ready for the cat :-)
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#6 posted 1200 days ago
Very nice box, neat and clean dovetail.
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noknot
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#7 posted 1199 days ago
Now thats a green job good work
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#8 posted 1199 days ago
whew i thought there was gonna be a sad kitty story, thats a relief lol
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#9 posted 1199 days ago
My wife just got a new black car I need two of those :-)
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John Stegall
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#10 posted 1199 days ago
Cabinet shops are also a good source of sandpaper. One near my route had a large surface sander (32”?) and when they threw out their belts, I would take them, rip off the edges which were almost totally unused and I had free sandpaper. They went belly up but I still have a couple of the belts to cut up.
Good save!
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#11 posted 1199 days ago
great looking project…
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#12 posted 1199 days ago
That’s hilarious!
Nice work.
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#13 posted 1199 days ago
nice box maby a guinipig coffin too small for a grown cat…well maybe
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lotus
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#14 posted 1198 days ago
Cat coffins need to have good strong latches and hindges so the darn things can’t push their way out.
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