Robert Trotter
07-02-2011, 8:28 AM
Been a while since posting...
I was practicing cutting dovetails and it turned into a box...
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Actually this turned into practice for using a few tools;
new saws, chisel, plough, side rabbet(new), rabbet, shoulder etc.
The thing I have to work on the most is my chisel work. Most misses were due to chisel misses and my not using my new tool (a pair of glasses - everything goin fuzzy - that time of life:()
I also tried a bit of inlay by putting a couple of strips of tropical hardwood in.
I also made this as an enclosed box and sawed the top off. I tried both my 16" rip tennon saw and a 14" x-cut sash saw. the tennon saw was very quick for it's half of the box. the x-cut sash saw was slower going but not slow, but it was a cleaner cut. However, as I had to clean up the surfaces anyway with a plane the finish wasn't really an issue. You just need to watch for splintering on the back side of the cut, I would think, so that is why Mike suggested a x-cut saw for cutting off the lid. MAybe the wood species might change the selection. Anyway I tought it might be a useful comment to others contemplating cutting boxes in half with a hand saw. :)
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The wood is some unknown wood I salvaged from and old set set of drawers - soft wood but I don't know if it is softwood but probably is. It was just practicing at first, but turned into something real. I finished it with oil and then waxed it.
I am planning on giving it to a friend's daughter as teenage girls here seem to like collecting little things.
Anyway thought I'd share.
Rob
I was practicing cutting dovetails and it turned into a box...
200086
Actually this turned into practice for using a few tools;
new saws, chisel, plough, side rabbet(new), rabbet, shoulder etc.
The thing I have to work on the most is my chisel work. Most misses were due to chisel misses and my not using my new tool (a pair of glasses - everything goin fuzzy - that time of life:()
I also tried a bit of inlay by putting a couple of strips of tropical hardwood in.
I also made this as an enclosed box and sawed the top off. I tried both my 16" rip tennon saw and a 14" x-cut sash saw. the tennon saw was very quick for it's half of the box. the x-cut sash saw was slower going but not slow, but it was a cleaner cut. However, as I had to clean up the surfaces anyway with a plane the finish wasn't really an issue. You just need to watch for splintering on the back side of the cut, I would think, so that is why Mike suggested a x-cut saw for cutting off the lid. MAybe the wood species might change the selection. Anyway I tought it might be a useful comment to others contemplating cutting boxes in half with a hand saw. :)
200087200088
The wood is some unknown wood I salvaged from and old set set of drawers - soft wood but I don't know if it is softwood but probably is. It was just practicing at first, but turned into something real. I finished it with oil and then waxed it.
I am planning on giving it to a friend's daughter as teenage girls here seem to like collecting little things.
Anyway thought I'd share.
Rob