To be honest, I searched for an alternative to doing sliding dovetails for the shelves, but I could come up with nothing that would hold the sides of the case square and not have to rely on a glue joint like a standard dado. So, I cut the sliding dovetails in the case, as well as a 1/4" deep dado that will accept the rabbet off of the ship-lapped back panel. I used a dado blade set to 3/8" wide to remove most of the waste prior to cutting the dovetail with a 1/2" dovetail router bit on the router table. |
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I got a lot of work done today on the cherry hand tool cabinet. I cut all of the tails in the top and bottom carcass boards. I ended up not being able to use the two skewed chisels due to the pin holes being too narrow; however, it didn't matter because the Japanese chisel got right into the corners easily. Tomorrow I will cut the pins in the left and right side carcass boards
I have jointed and planed most of the cherry that I will need for the hand tool cabinet. Since some of the cabinet will be designed as I go, I am sure I will have to plane some more rough lumber. It was a little bit difficult to find enough longer boards that would finish out at 3/4" thick and 48" long. These four boards will have to do. Trying to get some kind of grain matching going... |
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