Double Dovetail Tray Project Completed

Great looking tray Shawn

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

pretty sick design

That’s a sweet tray.

Wow! Pretty nice tray and I love the inlay dovetail. Heading over to your blog now to read about it.

I still enjoy looking at it.

Nice work! I really like the contrast in wood and the cool joints. I was thinking about an LS. What size do you think is adequate for the average woodworker?

-- Mike Minneapolis, MN

I have both the 9” original version and the 16” Ultra. For making boxes and drawers, both of these sizes work fine. Anything bigger is going to be very unwieldy in a small shop.

I use the original version for a micro adjust fence on my bandsaw and drill press. I did my first two Incra projects using it (they are posted in my projects) before getting the Ultra.

I use the 16” Ultra (pre cursor to the LS) as my primary fence on the router table. It is nice but takes a lot of space. Most of the Incra router tables that I have see have the fence system set up such that the base can be moved rather than being fixed to the table. If you are going to use an Incra, I think it would be helpful to plan a different router table design to accommodate the fence design.

I assume people use the large sizes (24”) for casework. I do not have room.

-- Shawn, I ask in order to learn

That Incra system is pretty nice, isn’t it? For anyone that wants to see a full setup just look at the photos on “my workshop” on this site. I got the TS-LS Combo 1 and, although I didn’t know it at the time, I screwed up and ordered the XL (extra large) version instead of the version for table saws 28” and under setup. Pretty much all that changed is that I have an extra 6” of fence extending out both sides of the table saw and the crossbar fit is slightly different. The “white area” to the right of the saw blade is a panel that I made myself with some leftover white formica and plywood to “fill in” the open area.

Not knowing that I had screwed up and ordered the XL it was really confusing when attempting to put it together because the setup photos didn’t match what I had in my hand.

The only drawback that I really see with this system is that if you are setup for doing some work on the router table and you need to cut some stock on the table saw it’s a pain to alter the setup. One solution for this would be to have a separate router table but then that involves purchasing another fence system for that table. And really, to alter the setup for work on the table saw only involves a couple of minutes so I guess it really comes down to how much patience a person has and I really don’t have too much of that.

Really nice work on the joint. Having experience doing a few of them I learned quickly that allowing the glue to dry completely before cutting the second set of dovetails was the key to doing it right the first time and with that in mind, I still can’t do that joint using bloodwood. The router bit breaks the wood as if it were made of glass.

Good job and a nice looking tray.

-- When I works, I works hard. When I sits, I sits loose. And when I thinks I falls asleep.--

Great work Shawn!

I have followed your blog and really enjoyed it.

Great job. Thanks for the pictures. Tray is wonderful

-- Norman

Awesome looking project!! Thanks for braking down how the double dovetail was done.

-- J Wrench Syracuse New York

Very handsome tray… Good stuff!

-- Dan ~ Texarkana, Tx.

very awesome! gr8 wood combos, gr8 double d’s. nice project.

-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net

Thats just wicked

-- http://aewoodworks.webs.com

I like your choice in woods.

-- Have a great day.