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      alan wood
      last edited by

      Just a small box. I made one like this years ago where the outer carcase was made in English oak with the handes and feet in ebony.
      The drawer bottoms were in cedar of Labanon a timber with a pleasant fragrance.

      I made a second one again with the outer carase in English oak but the handles and feet painted in azure blue acrylic paint.
      The drawer sides were English walnut that contrasted pleasantly with the oak.

      The modelled box is one that I will make one day using some burr type of timber with something like ripple sycamore or quilted maple. In that case i would have to change the drawer construction to allow for the expected movement in the burr to a central drawer runner system a method I have not used to date but is common with some of the professional makers over here.Download Model

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        alan wood
        last edited by

        and the jpg

        http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/sas/Components/jewellery box.jpg

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          boofredlay
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          Alan, that is really nice.

          Question, do you really cut the dove tails on that part of the grain? I always thought that dovetails need to be cut on the endgrain.

          http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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            Dave R
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            Very nice model Alan. I'm sure the real one looks even better.

            Eric, I'm guessing that the crain on the sides of the box run vertically so then the DTs would be in the right place.

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              alan wood
              last edited by

              Hi guys,
              Eric
              Good spot with the grain direction. The top and bottom grain direciton needs rotating 90 degrees.

              Dave R
              photo of the original attached.

              http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/sas/Components/box00l.JPG

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                Gidon Yuval
                last edited by

                Alan, lovely model and equaly lovely box.

                If you don't know where you're going, you're never going to get there.

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                  alan wood
                  last edited by

                  Gidon
                  Thanks for that.
                  I'll post the 'central drawer runner' method at a later date and other bits and pieces that may be of interest to someone making drawers in wood.
                  Alan
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                    Very nice, indeed, Alan. I think, though, that you need to scale down your wood textures.

                    http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/sas/Components/a-bx.jpg

                    poster-Gully Foyle

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                      alan wood
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                      Gully
                      Thanks for the tip.
                      I prefer the angle that you saved the image at compared to my posting.
                      Do you work on any particular angle for something like this?
                      Alan.

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                        last edited by

                        @alan wood said:

                        Do you work on any particular angle for something like this?
                        Alan.

                        Actually, Alan, it was pretty arbitrary, although by chance I seem to have captured something very close to isometric.

                        -G

                        poster- Gully Foyle

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                          alan wood
                          last edited by

                          Gully
                          Thanks again.
                          I'll look at posting in isometric view in future.

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                          • boofredlayB Offline
                            boofredlay
                            last edited by

                            Alan, this is truly a nice project. One thing I have not tackeled yet in my years of woodworking is dovetails. 😳
                            I gotta start soon because they look soooooooo much better than the finger joint or rebbit joint or darn near any other joint.

                            http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                              alan wood
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                              Hi Eric,
                              Sometime soon I will be writing to Fine Woodworking magazine published in USA, to see if they are interested in my methods of producing dovetails to this standard. ('dovetails at their best' was the judges comments when I managed a silver award in the Furniture & Cabinet making mazagine annual competition)

                              I am in the process of putting together a dvd on making the through and lapped dovetail probably called 'my secrets to successful dovetailing'it's a project that has really interested me more so since I came across sketchup in August last year. It really has enabled me to in my view clearly get a point across. Providing of course I don't place the grain in the wrong direction when texturing!! Thanks for that.

                              What interets me is the fact that the subject has been written about both in this country and America but so much has been missed out probably because of lack of space. A magazine article on the subject not so long ago used photoshop or similar software to hide the gaps. What a laugh.

                              If you want to draw your project in sketchup, in millimitres if thats okay with you, I will do a bit of preparation and talk you through it.

                              Alan

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                                alan wood
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                                Hi Eric,
                                At the time of making this box in 2003 I could not find a dovetail template on the market that allowed me to mark ALL parts of the dovetail joint by hand AND with a knife. All important parts of cutting dovetails by hand. I am not aware of any template on the market that will allow me to do so.

                                I have made two dovetail templates and this posting deals with the first one. I call this one ‘the right-angle square’

                                This allows the maker to mark all the relevant ‘right angle’ knife lines for both the through and lapped dovetail joint.

                                I will post the second template in a few days in between decorating and grandchild minding.

                                So what are the important elements here.

                                a I would recommend a light coloured close grained timber. Sycamore is ideal because the light ‘rebate’ is a benefit when marking some of the lines. This will become apparent when it is actually used.

                                note. I did make one in mahogany and the sycamore one was much superior.

                                There are two important surfaces to the wooden component. The face side and face edge. I would suggest that you select timber that allows you to plane these along their complete length
                                in one direction only.

                                b I had an old Stanley Rathbone 6” rule where the numbers were well and truly faded. Apart from this it was not damaged along the parallel edges.

                                A new rule cost very little. It will make this template, plus the other one I will be posting at a later date.

                                Rules over here are sold in two thickness that I am aware of. 1mm and 0.5mm

                                It is important that you purchase one that is only 0.5mm thick. Again the reason for this will become apparent when marking out the dovetails.

                                c practice the marking out of the rebate on the ‘practice piece’ to ensure you get the feel of
                                making a tight rebate.

                                d Use a knife when marking out the rebate that has a single bevel AND has a ‘front bevel’ as illustrated in the attached model of a marking knife.

                                e When marking out the rebate use the knife with the ‘bevelled edge’ facing the waste wood.

                                f Set up your router (or marking gauge) so the depth of the rebate is less than the thickness of the rule. This is the advantage of having a ‘practice piece’. Say 0.3mm. You need the rule to protrude fractionally to allow you to check how square this template is will an engineers try-square.

                                g The rule is glued to the timber using Araldite.

                                Now in all probability there is some stuff here that needs clarifications.

                                Fire away.

                                Cheers

                                Alan
                                New and Reground Download Model
                                Dovetail Template Sq.006 Download Model

                                http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/sas/Components/dovetail template square 006.jpg

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                                  alan wood
                                  last edited by

                                  This is one style of marking knife that I use.
                                  I will post the other design next week.
                                  cheers 😄
                                  Alan
                                  Dovetail Marking Blade Download Model

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                                    alan wood
                                    last edited by

                                    For the woodworkers that were following this link.
                                    I now have a web page up and running on the dovetailing topic. Its only just opened and I now have a thread in the Newbie formum called dovetails at their best.

                                    cheers
                                    Alan
                                    http://www.hand-cut-dovetails.com

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                                      Krisidious
                                      last edited by

                                      UI think you should throw something in there to show the scale of the box.... it's rather small right?

                                      By: Kristoff Rand
                                      Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                                        Edson
                                        last edited by

                                        great stuff, alan, the skippy and the box. and your site will be too, i am sure.

                                        edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
                                        http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                                          alan wood
                                          last edited by

                                          Thankyou gentlemen,
                                          The photo of the box was taken at a professional studio.
                                          And yep something next to it would have been handy.

                                          A glass of wine maybe.

                                          cheers
                                          Alan

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                                          • KrisidiousK Offline
                                            Krisidious
                                            last edited by

                                            or maybe a nice necklace draped over it...

                                            By: Kristoff Rand
                                            Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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