A lot of firsts on this project. First plywood box/cabinet, first time making drawers, first time making and using veneer, and first time making dovetails. Here it is after the finish.
I finished the top box for my dovetailed bookcase out of rswo and now need to trim the excess tail and pin material. Which plane is going to give me the best results on the end grain of this hard lumber? I have a jack plane, a fore plane and a low angle block plane at my disposal...
Thanks
Hi folks,
I am embarking on the building of a mottled makore bench. It is fairly simple,
a 14" wide board cut in 3 lengths (for the uprights and seat) with a stretcher
below and a wenge sculptural detail between the stretcher and seat. I want to
use dovetails at the corners where the boards...
A while back, I posted on my first attempts at cutting dovetails on the bandsaw. I also promised a write-up on the process. I've done that, but I got a little out of control and the result is much too long to post here. So I'm posting a short summary, and you can read the entire article if you...