Wanted to get some more experience hand cutting joinery so made a small box (no surprise there) using box/finger joints.
Turned out orite, I accidentally flipped one of the boards the wrong way so had to cut some small bits to fill the gaps.
Used a 4mm brass rod for a hinge.
Used a plough plane to cut a rebate in the base panel so it sits in the bottom quite nicely.
This does mean I haven't accounted for and wood movement, no idea if this will be an issue at this size, but it was just a practice build so not too worried.
Then thought I'd finally give hand cut dovetails a go.
I'm well chuffed with how it turned out.
Some gaps, and there is a minor offset at the edges so I think the boards must have not been correctly aligned when marking out.
Took quite some time but was enjoyable.
Turned out orite, I accidentally flipped one of the boards the wrong way so had to cut some small bits to fill the gaps.
Used a 4mm brass rod for a hinge.
Used a plough plane to cut a rebate in the base panel so it sits in the bottom quite nicely.
This does mean I haven't accounted for and wood movement, no idea if this will be an issue at this size, but it was just a practice build so not too worried.
Then thought I'd finally give hand cut dovetails a go.
I'm well chuffed with how it turned out.
Some gaps, and there is a minor offset at the edges so I think the boards must have not been correctly aligned when marking out.
Took quite some time but was enjoyable.