Walnut and Ash box with drawer and top lid.

[Mark Almeidus]

Here is another box I made in 2017.

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[Mark Almeidus]

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Closer shot of the drawer with halfblinds.

[Jim Koepke]

Very nice.

jtk

[Mike Null]

Good work. I like the walnut and ash combo.

[Jerry Thompson]

Beautiful. How did you do the dovetails?

[Anuj Prateek]

Looks super nice!

Have one question. In the second photo after sawing, do you use a chisel to pare to the line? Or is it the final cut?

[pam eanes]

Beautiful work!!!

[David Eisenhauer]

Very, very nice box with nicely executed workmanship Mark. Good stuff.

[Stew Denton]

Big +1 on beautiful work.

Stew

[Mark Almeidus]

Thanks.
Anuj, I used chisel to pair the line, only for the middle part. Its hard to keep straight line with just a fret saw. Outer lines are straight saw cuts. They are the most sensitive to execute and to make adjustments if at first place you didnt heat the line

[Anuj Prateek]

Thanks Mark.

[Mark Rainey]

Good hand tool work Mark! Your first picture seems to show resawing by hand. Commendable. I have tried but usually tire out after a bit. I imagine some hyperactive 16 year old boys 250 years ago would do the job efficiently with skills honed through repetition.

[Mark Almeidus]

Good hand tool work Mark! Your first picture seems to show resawing by hand. Commendable. I have tried but usually tire out after a bit. I imagine some hyperactive 16 year old boys 250 years ago would do the job efficiently with skills honed through repetition.

I get tired also with this type of sawing, especially if you get a little out of the line its not funny and thats what happened in this case, had to plane afterwards alot to flatten the two boards. But at that time I was feeling like a 16 year old hyperactive with no skills :). If you go slowely and patiently with this type of sawing u will finish faster.

[Mark Rainey]

Yes Mark, hand tool woodworking can be fun!

[Andrew Pitonyak]

All I can say is "wow". Great job.