Sharpening Stones Box

2017-11-02T12-41-15
I have not cut a single dovetail since I left #UWArtisanProgram at #theUnpluggedWoodshop last December. So I decided to make a small dovetailed box for my diamond sharpening stones using a small board of red cedar; I ended up using the full length of the board without a 1/4” to spare (the sliding lid will come from a lighter coloured piece of cedar). This wood seems to plane well, but the end grain is very brittle; I’ll have to make sure my iron is extra sharp when I shoot my pieces. #WoodenBox #SharpeningStone #HandToolsOnly #RedCedar #woodworking
2017-11-07T11-03-30
I like to saw my dovetails clamping the board at an angle so that I am sawing straight down; I also like to always keep the waste to the left of the saw (I am a lefty), so I cut all the tails on one side and then I flip the board to cut the other side; I am not great with the saw so I will take all the help I can get :-) I also like to saw out the waste with a coping saw in two steps: cutting down the centre towards one corner and then following the bottom to the other corner; I do not like putting the coping saw in the existing kerf because I am afraid of damaging the tails while making the sharp turn to cut along the bottom. I love the figure and colors of this red cedar, but found working with it very frustrating; the end grain just crumbles away, even with a freshly sharpened chisel. By the end of the afternoon I managed to finish all the tails and fit one of the pins set; the fit is ok, not great, and I am now dreading the time when I will have to try and plane all the sides flush with the joinery. #WoodenBox #SharpeningStone #HandToolsOnly #RedCedar #woodworking
2017-11-07T11-14-23
I like to saw my dovetails clamping the board at an angle so that I am sawing straight down; I also like to always keep the waste to the left of the saw (I am a lefty), so I cut all the tails on one side and then I flip the board to cut the other side; I am not great with the saw so I will take all the help I can get :-) I also like to saw out the waste with a coping saw in two steps: cutting down the centre towards one corner and then following the bottom to the other corner; I do not like putting the coping saw in the existing kerf because I am afraid of damaging the tails while making the sharp turn to cut along the bottom. I love the figure and colors of this red cedar, but found working with it very frustrating; the end grain just crumbles away, even with a freshly sharpened chisel. By the end of the afternoon I managed to finish all the tails and fit one of the pins set; the fit is ok, not great, and I am now dreading the time when I will have to try and plane all the sides flush with the joinery. #WoodenBox #SharpeningStone #HandToolsOnly #RedCedar #woodworking
2017-11-07T12-27-25
I like to saw my dovetails clamping the board at an angle so that I am sawing straight down; I also like to always keep the waste to the left of the saw (I am a lefty), so I cut all the tails on one side and then I flip the board to cut the other side; I am not great with the saw so I will take all the help I can get :-) I also like to saw out the waste with a coping saw in two steps: cutting down the centre towards one corner and then following the bottom to the other corner; I do not like putting the coping saw in the existing kerf because I am afraid of damaging the tails while making the sharp turn to cut along the bottom. I love the figure and colors of this red cedar, but found working with it very frustrating; the end grain just crumbles away, even with a freshly sharpened chisel. By the end of the afternoon I managed to finish all the tails and fit one of the pins set; the fit is ok, not great, and I am now dreading the time when I will have to try and plane all the sides flush with the joinery. #WoodenBox #SharpeningStone #HandToolsOnly #RedCedar #woodworking

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