Advanced dovetail box

[rtiit23]

I make mahogany and birch box. Box is hand planed.

[Beechwood Chip]

It looks like you veneered the end of the tail board (the front) before cutting the dovetails? Excellent technique!

Very impressive!

[rtiit23]

Than You!

It is solid wood, not veneerad.

[Beechwood Chip]

It looks like the grain of the side piece changes where it overlays the dovetails, almost as if they were through dovetails. But, they look like half blind dovetails. Can you describe how you did the dovetail corners?

[rtiit23]

You mean the tail board end is darker?

Wood in end grain is about seven times darker than long grain.

I am also litle bit disapointed.

I expect more contrast birch tail end and mahogany side.

It is through dovetail and made same way like Rob Cosman advanced dovetail video.

Most difficult is to mark the pin side since the tail end gap was about 1mm and my 1.2 mm thick Japanese marking knife did not fit.

Only the tip fits.

[fransikaner]

Very fine design and worksmanship. Thank you for sharing!

[PaulMarcel]

Nicely done box! I like the look of houndstooth dovetails; I'm weird though because I give them pointy teeth

I like that the tail ends on the side boards aren't such a high contrast; I think it highlights the houndstooth dovetails on the front.

I like knowing how to cut dovetails both pins-first and tails-first. Sometimes the type of dovetails you're doing prefers one way over the other. Honestly, a scribe line on the end grain for the short tooth depth and your eye and you can do these pins-first without the trouble of a thin knife to transfer marks; the transfer to the tail board has lots of room. Give it a try on some scrap.