A Box Called "Necessessity"

What a joke hahaha =D

(I might actually say a “lumberjoke”)

-- Thomas - There is no such thing as a problem, there only are solutions.

if it deflects more than 2 or 3 thou its crap and should be thrown away ;p

-- Ben L

I would state this is a VERY cool project, but that would also be unnecessary. :-)

-bob

-- Man is a tool-using Animal. Nowhere do you find him without tools; without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. - Thomas Carlyle http://www.ffrf.org

Now I would say that is an unnecessary use of an expensive wood. ——-but fine craftsmanship.

I couldn’t have said it any better !

-- "My mission in life - make everyone smile !"

I’m guessing most people open the drawer just to watch the dial indicator! Fun concept and a nice write up. Thanks for sharing.

-- Steve - Impatience is Expensive

Very nice craftsmanship on the drawer. If you are using hand tools, the precision instruments are not
necessary, but if you are setting your 13” planer blades, or 6” jointer blades a dial indicator really helps make
sure that one blade is not doing all the work while the others wait for the first to wear out. If you are
trying to find why your miter cuts are out of whack, once again the dial indicator and also machinist square
are a great help. That said, take a look at a lot of the old craftsmanship built in the middle ages up to the
present with only hand tools and no rulers with fancy increments. There are no gaps and almost perfect
symmetry. Did those craftsman just have better eyes or better training. I knew a master carpenter who
could just look at something and tell you it was out of square or level and used only a square to build an
octagonal bump out on the corner of house from the joists to the rafters. He was kind enough to try
to tell me how to properly use the square, but I was too young and dumb to pay enough attention. I do
not know the answers, but I have a lot of questions and now I have to go play in my wood workshop.

-- As ever, Gus-the 74 yr young apprentice carpenter

That’s a fun one and definitely a conversation piece!

Now I’m off to go read your blog on this one.

-- Jonathan, Denver, CO "Constructive criticism is welcome and valued as it gives me new perspectives and helps me to advance as a woodworker."

A humidor for the non smoker!

-- "The way to make a small fortune in woodworking- start with a large one"

LOL!

-- Kean - It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye.

Most everything we do here is unnecessary, but it sure is fun ;-)

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0

That’s a great project.

BTW, Bob, you’re right about that.

I don’t think that I have ever come close to doing anything perfect – don’t guess I’ll ever try either. Perfection escapes me and probably doesn’t agree with my disposition either. However, I know that I’ve considered perfection and have certainly dreamed of it in a long winter’s nap. I suppose that Michelangelo came close to it on occasion and maybe a few other people.

-- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau

Ha! Great job! Inspiration is the dark edging hiding behind imagination.
I think you did a beautiful job… excellent workmanship.
Thanks for sharing with us.

-- 'I sand, therefore, I am'. Richard/Wiggy.. whatever. North Texas