Johnny Buck Posted April 7, 2025 Posted April 7, 2025 I just received my Birdseye maple box from Yul Lose. All I can say is "AMAZING." The new Nighthawk Custom 38 Super fits perfectly. He said he used a new dovetail joint and she is never coming apart. Perfect addition to my nightstand. JB
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted April 7, 2025 Posted April 7, 2025 I be noted for turnin' fine wood into sawdust and scrap 🤣
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 8, 2025 Posted April 8, 2025 That is not a typical dovetail. Remarkable!
DocWard Posted April 8, 2025 Posted April 8, 2025 2 hours ago, Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 said: I be noted for turnin' fine wood into sawdust and scrap 🤣 That makes two of us. 3 minutes ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said: No one, can do it better! Where do I find him? If No One can do it better, then that's who I'm going to!
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted April 8, 2025 Posted April 8, 2025 9 hours ago, DocWard said: That makes two of us. Where do I find him? If No One can do it better, then that's who I'm going to! I gave up on wood work when I cut a piece to length.....four times and it was still too short.
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted April 8, 2025 Posted April 8, 2025 10 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: I gave up on wood work when I cut a piece to length.....four times and it was still too short.
John Kloehr Posted April 8, 2025 Posted April 8, 2025 I was looking at that box, had no particular specific use but very nice box. Glad you have a specific purpose and will enjoy it.
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 8, 2025 Posted April 8, 2025 Could you show a pic of an end please?
Yul Lose Posted April 8, 2025 Posted April 8, 2025 27 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Could you show a pic of an end please? This was taken in the shop.
Yul Lose Posted April 8, 2025 Posted April 8, 2025 Here are a couple of different dovetail key joints done on a scrap of wood. The first one with the redheart dovetail key is pretty easy to make on the router table with a fixture that I built. The second one is a maple tapered dovetail key and I used a jig from Infinity Cutting Tools to cut the tapered dovetails and dovetail keys. Notice in the still shots the difference in the dovetail slots and the key shape. I’ve built hundreds of boxes using the straight dovetail key method but since I got this Infinity jig it’s by far my favorite, the reason being that occasionally with the straight style of dovetail key the key sometimes would not seat on one end or the other and there would be an unsightly glue gap usually on the front face of a box. The chances of that happening with the tapered dovetail key are far less likely. IMG_5565.mov IMG_5567.mov
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 9, 2025 Posted April 9, 2025 Thanks, I see how it goes now.
watab kid Posted April 9, 2025 Posted April 9, 2025 great work , i wish i had the talent and time , i do have a few hat deserve to be in such accommodations , as it is they are not so ceremoniously taken care of
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