Popular Post Jim Harvey Posted June 12, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 I have an old Disston 70 dovetail saw. Seventeen TPI. When I got it it was missing so many teeth it looked like the front row at a Willy Nelson concert. Two weeks ago, I jointed and filed it for the third or fourth time and it finally came out pretty even. Test cuts were thin and straight so I started looking for a dovetail project. At about the same time I got a real Belgian Coticule at an estate sale. It needed a wooden box for protection so I decided to try a dovetailed design using Poplar leftover from a toy box project. This material is about 5/16" thick and already grooved for a tenoned lid, to hide the groove I would need mitered corners. My plan was to make a closed box to fit the stone, then saw the box into top and bottom sections. So the central dovetail had to be wide enough to accommodate a lip to register the two box halves. The dovetails were becoming complex. I did a bunch of practice joints. By the eighth try I was getting a "good enough for the shop" fit. This is the finished box with the Coticule. For reference, the stone is 1 7/8" wide And the four corner joints. Not shown is plowing a trench inside all four pieces for the Maple lip strip, done with a knife, a quarter inch chisel and a Stanley 271. I had to use an eighth inch wide chisel for much of the work, it was difficult to control. The box isn't pretty but it works. Took a week. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronn W Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 First attempt? Not bad at all. Miter is a nice touch. Keep it up. I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 To get that good by your 8th try is about as good as it gets. The box looks great to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 I would have lied and said the box was my first try but you’re much more honorable than I am! Good job dude! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wdwerker Posted June 14, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 Coop operates on the " old age & treachery will overcome youth & skill " approach ! Beautiful results for a first attempt. That's far better than I can do. I cheat and use a router jig, a really simple non adjustable jig . 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Harvey Posted June 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 2 hours ago, wdwerker said: Coop operates on the " old age & treachery will overcome youth & skill " approach ! Beautiful results for a first attempt. That's far better than I can do. I cheat and use a router jig, a really simple non adjustable jig . Would have needed a router bit with 1/8" shank. I wonder if there's a Dremel bit like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collinb Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 On 6/13/2018 at 11:14 PM, Jim Harvey said: Would have needed a router bit with 1/8" shank. I wonder if there's a Dremel bit like that. KC8TKA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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