Valet Box

Nice test.

-- Jiri

Very nice work, great contrast.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Very nice work David, welcome to LJ

-- Guy Kroll

Very nice box David. I like the dovetails and the contrasting woods that you selected. I am in particular interested in the doweled hinge. How did you make the blackwood pivot pin and how did you decide on their placement so that the lid would stop just short of vertical.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Nice little box, Dave.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Very nice. Looks like you have the technique down.

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I have been using the Incra Jig for ten years. If you would like some tips, email me on LJ.

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke".

Odie
I would appreciate any tips on the Incra jig – I’ve just past the honeymoon stage with 3 nice boxes, and am now starting to hit all sorts of problems. I’ve tried to make the corner post joint but am finding that the dovetail bit is slipping up out of the router collet. I’ve bought a new collet – problem continues/is worse. I’m waiting for some 1/2” bits arriving in the post from Rockler then I’ll try again. I think that my router may not have enough power for the job. I’m also finding that I’m missing the correct alignment by 1/32”” occasionally – this ruining one side of a box.

That tab and notch for opening really appeals to me. Maybe we can see a picture with it closed and from the front. The dovetails look great. Really nice box.

-- It's not that a craftsman never makes mistakes, he just makes it look like it.

Nice dovetailing.

-- Maplewood, MN

Copperjock
I’ve added a further picture of the valet box as per your suggestion.
Hope you can see the tab and notch from this.
I’ve made the notches various sizes, all look OK to me.

Thanks for the extra view. I missed the “feet” before as well. Your box has a great look.

-- It's not that a craftsman never makes mistakes, he just makes it look like it.

I was wondering about that tab and notch, too. Nice detail.

-- Maplewood, MN

A beautiful wood combination, & fine craftsmanship.

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