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RE: Tired of Stopping Grooves? 140 Steps In for a Job - C. in Indy - 07-14-2018
A little more work quietly sneaked-in, since the "recipient" is in the house for a July visit:
Dovetails have been cut in a tail/pin pattern to allow the rabbeted ends to work. Next, preparation for a sliding lid begins:
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After slot cuts, a coping cut was done, then a chisel brought in to further level things:
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Then I had to think about a suitable top and bottom panel material. When the side walls are all nondescript alder wood, I wanted some "bling" for quartersawn wood somewhere. And I didn't want to run the bandsaw this morning with a couple of guests in the house. So I got out some unusually cool "pitch pine" slats that my nephew gave me several years ago. Near-perfect quartersawn slats, very stiff and hard, now cleaning up for a 3-ganged glue up for both top and bottom panels:
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More to follow later!
Chris
RE: Tired of Stopping Grooves? 140 Steps In for a Job - Mike Brady - 07-15-2018
Do the tails have to be on the end of your box? It seems like they would show better on the long sides.
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RE: Tired of Stopping Grooves? 140 Steps In for a Job - C. in Indy - 07-15-2018
Nice box, Mike !!!
When I was cutting stopped grooves for past boxes, I would orient the tails the way you did. For this new box with cut-thru grooves, I did a switch-up. I never mocked up alternatives, but an inspiring picture from one of the Tom Fidgen books suggested the new orientation.
A basic glue-up of the SYP thin slats looked a little cheap, so I added some 1/4" marquetry strips....
My 1960's Disston D100 aluminum-handle saw is the best bench-hook saw I have; the weight just takes over:
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On the box pins, one was pretty gappy, so I cut a shim from the same alder stock. Got a nice wedge shape right off the gent's saw, and drove it in:
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Thanks for watching!
Chris
RE: Tired of Stopping Grooves? 140 Steps In for a Job - C. in Indy - 07-16-2018
And, the sister-in-law now has a souvenir from her visit
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RE: Tired of Stopping Grooves? 140 Steps In for a Job - Mike Brady - 07-17-2018
Very nice, Chris. One happy lady!
By the way our house hunting in Indy has not gone well. Very hot market there.
RE: Tired of Stopping Grooves? 140 Steps In for a Job - C. in Indy - 07-17-2018
Mike, if you have to stay put, you had better double down on the hand tools and projects
A fellow needs consolations, you know...