Sliding Top Fishtail Box

Very nice design

Well done

-- Diggerjack-France ---The only limit is the limit of the mind and the mind have no limit

Very nice job. I don’t recall ever seeing that type of joint. Is that done on a dovetail jig with a different Bit?

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Thanks, guys!

SST, it was done with a plug cutter and forstner bit. I detailed the build in a blog—http://lumberjocks.com/danriffle/blog/5934

I thought this up one sleepless night, then finally got around to making it.

Very nice box.
Best thoughts,
Mads

-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.

Interesting idea. Did you invent it? Too bad yoiu didn’t do a sliding fish tail for the top :-)) Nice work.

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Nice joint detail. The blog is very helpful in understanding how you did this. Thanks for sharing!

-- Steve - Impatience is Expensive

What a little gem Dan! Love all the details on this piece. Very interesting and well done…

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Well Done !!!!!

Thanks for the kind words guys. I would hesitate to say I invented anything when it comes to woodworking, but I had never seen another example of this sort of joint before I made this. I was actually contemplating how I could make a cove & pin joint when I came up with this.

Dan

Sweet box!!...............Jim

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!

Excellent! The horizontal boring capabilities of the Shopsmith and your ingenuity make for a very good looking and unique joint.
Thanks for posting it.

-- Gene 'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

You did a fine job on it and I like the joint. Good work.

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Thanks guys! I’m still using this as an ammo box for my black powder pistol.