Dan Moening
02-23-2005, 11:23 PM
I truly enjoy working with handtools, but not to the exclusion of power. There are instances where you simply cannot achieve a goal without them.
Case in point. I am {attempting to} make a box with a Yellowheart top. This top will have a beveled field surrounded by an inlay.
Now I know I could spend an hour or so and "jig up" something to work...but its quicker, easier and more efficient to plane away:
http://www.woodworking.org/imagepost/200502/bevel.jpg
and I can listen to the music of the plane {and the radio}. Here is the panel with the rabbet cut, and the field beveled:
http://www.woodworking.org/imagepost/200502/bevelside.jpg
I handcut the dovetails and had some "issues" :o so I'm gingerly dry fitting everything to test fit the inlay prior to glue up:
http://www.woodworking.org/imagepost/200502/inlayfitting.jpg
The inlay will be dyed red for contrast, so I have to plane them to fit prior to dying. The Walnut box sides are going to be ebonized, as soon as I get my formula worked out. {I have a schedule I'm adjusting}
Most all of the work has been accomplished with handtools...a first for me.
:D
Enjoy!
Case in point. I am {attempting to} make a box with a Yellowheart top. This top will have a beveled field surrounded by an inlay.
Now I know I could spend an hour or so and "jig up" something to work...but its quicker, easier and more efficient to plane away:
http://www.woodworking.org/imagepost/200502/bevel.jpg
and I can listen to the music of the plane {and the radio}. Here is the panel with the rabbet cut, and the field beveled:
http://www.woodworking.org/imagepost/200502/bevelside.jpg
I handcut the dovetails and had some "issues" :o so I'm gingerly dry fitting everything to test fit the inlay prior to glue up:
http://www.woodworking.org/imagepost/200502/inlayfitting.jpg
The inlay will be dyed red for contrast, so I have to plane them to fit prior to dying. The Walnut box sides are going to be ebonized, as soon as I get my formula worked out. {I have a schedule I'm adjusting}
Most all of the work has been accomplished with handtools...a first for me.
:D
Enjoy!