Dave Rosner
02-25-2018, 9:09 PM
I’m building a hanging wall toolchest and just milled up all the tops and sides of the main cabinet and two doors. I was pretty proud of myself and then jointed the edges and started to layout the boards that I need to edge glue to make the side and top panels wide enough. That’s when I realized after i glue up these boards I will probably need to flatten then again and will lose some thickness in the process.
I’m going to do hand cut dovetails and I’m wondering if the tops and sides are slightly different thickness will it throw off anything? Ultimately I will hand plane the sides and top to make the dovetails nice and flush. But if the sides differ by more than 16th then it could be a lot of planing.
Does It matter or do I need to mill all the final glued up pieces exactly the same thickness in my planner?
I’m going to do hand cut dovetails and I’m wondering if the tops and sides are slightly different thickness will it throw off anything? Ultimately I will hand plane the sides and top to make the dovetails nice and flush. But if the sides differ by more than 16th then it could be a lot of planing.
Does It matter or do I need to mill all the final glued up pieces exactly the same thickness in my planner?