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I've been working on this boxes this week after work. The pin boards are made from Black Walnut, Tail boards are Spalted Maple and the top/bottom are Aromatic Cedar. I picked up the cedar/maple from Rockler's Seattle store for 50% off. The store is closing down after 30 years and moving to a new location so they liquidated their lumber stock piles (it was pretty picked through when I got there).
This is the 3rd box I've made in my lifetime. I rough dimensioned the stock using a table saw and bandsaw; final dimensioning was done with hand tools. The stop dados were a pita, I would have used a router table but i haven't put one together yet. I ended up using a Narex mortising chisel (it was the only 3/16" chisel i had) and a LN small router plane with a 3/32" blade.
I spent a good chunk of the construction time honing and attempting to sharpen the Narex chisel. While the steel is fairly hard it didn't take as sharp an edge as my LN chisels. Bevel down it didn't cut very well, bevel up it was difficult to control (the dado turned out really rough).
I finished the tail/pin boards with Renaissance wax, leaving the finish from the smooth plane. I left the tops/bottoms unfinished and lightly sanded the top.
This is the 3rd box I've made in my lifetime. I rough dimensioned the stock using a table saw and bandsaw; final dimensioning was done with hand tools. The stop dados were a pita, I would have used a router table but i haven't put one together yet. I ended up using a Narex mortising chisel (it was the only 3/16" chisel i had) and a LN small router plane with a 3/32" blade.
I spent a good chunk of the construction time honing and attempting to sharpen the Narex chisel. While the steel is fairly hard it didn't take as sharp an edge as my LN chisels. Bevel down it didn't cut very well, bevel up it was difficult to control (the dado turned out really rough).
I finished the tail/pin boards with Renaissance wax, leaving the finish from the smooth plane. I left the tops/bottoms unfinished and lightly sanded the top.