I love the smell of dovetails in the mornings!

[B. Brinkley]

I spent all morning chopping dovetails for 4 sets of drawers. I did not donate any blood either, which is always a good thing. LOL

[treeslayer]

Those look great I have got to try doing that this winter, as soon as I find some time 

[Coop]

Dave, is your shop heated? 

[derekcohen]

Did they fit?

Regards from Perth

Derek

[B. Brinkley]

25 minutes ago, derekcohen said:

Did they fit?

Regards from Perth

Derek

Yeah they all fit pretty good. I'm using some antique long-leaf pine so some boards are softer than others. My chisels were getting a bit dull towards the end as seen by the crushed fibers. I did a total of 4 drawers with full dovetails in the rear, and half blinds on the drawer fronts.

 

[Tom King]

More times than not, if I'm working wood, that's the type I'm using.  I haven't grown tired of the smell yet.

[treeslayer]

1 hour ago, Coop said:

Dave, is your shop heated? 

You bet Coop, 220V heater, thermostat controlled with a fan mounted to the ceiling, works great. I was in the shop today toasty warm with the outside temp of 9

[Coop]

I bet the term toasty warm is relative! My central heat in the house couldn’t keep us warm with an outside temp of 9*! We would have to add a super charger! On a more serious note, just out of curiosity, are your outside walls 2x6’s to allow for more insulation? 

[treeslayer]

Relative is right @Coop, the high temp was 9, below 0 at night, 2X4 walls and ceiling well insulated, drywall ceiling and walls, brick on the outside and a garage door that’s very well insulated

[curlyoak]

All of us living in Florida get acclimated to warmer weather. So in the winter it can get in the 40's easily and some years on a rare occasion it hits high 20's. No heat in my shop so I wait until the upper 50's. Tuesday and Wednesday will have above normal temps highs in the mid 80's. Normal for now is excellent weather. Highs in the upper 70's and lows in the mid 60's. I always take a very early walk and meet the lows of the day. Don't laugh but when I see numbers at that hour in the low 50's wind chill or lower, I put on my ll bean long johns and a wool stocking hat. By 9 they are no longer needed. Many but not all have a more comfortable summer. Here it is hot and humid. But the early morning walk continues. I have seen lows in the summer in the low 80's. But usually a little cooler at that time.

[wtnhighlander]

I don't for the frozen tundra regions, but if I moved to Florida, I'd have to take up nudism to avoid chronic heat rash. 

Even on those 50* morning walks. And trust me, nobody wants to see that...

[curlyoak]

Western Tennesee has incredible beauty. It would be hard to move away from that environment. But warn me if you are coming to Florida. Hide the women and children.

[Mark J]

1 hour ago, wtnhighlander said:

And trust me, nobody wants to see that...

Yeah, we'd have to suspend the "no pictures then it didn't happen" rule.  

[B. Brinkley]

OK as promised, here are a couple of photos of the drawers. They look pretty good. After I spent all morning hand waxing and buffing them, my wife strolls in and says that she can't wait to stick on some shelf paper to "protect" the wood. I nearly had a heart attack! Dang womens....

[treeslayer]

4 minutes ago, B. Brinkley said:

They look pretty good.

if that's your standard i want all my stuff to look "pretty good" those are really nice, as for the women's well i have no advice just hang on for the ride, well done on those dovetails sir!

[wtnhighlander]

Nice work, Mr. Brinkley!