Project by Luke Addington | posted 03-20-2015 07:56 PM | 5935 views | 6 times favorited | 19 comments | ![]() |
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The client wanted a pretty spartan knock box, so I made sure the joinery really shone through. This is some air dried walnut again from my Amish friends in Ohio. It’s a little plain but this is the nicest piece of wood I have ever worked with. It sawed, planed, and took a chisel beautifully. These are the best dovetails I have ever cut.
Here’s a photo from the client with the metal insert in place.
Made sure the grain wrapped all the way around. The client also requested the scribe line remain.
I like to saw two sides at once. It saves time and makes sure your dovetails match.
Using a shopmade dovetail alignment board to perfectly transfer the tails to the pins. If you don’t have one of these I highly recommend it, it makes a big difference in efficiency and quality of transfer. Here is David Barron’s youtube video on making one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I45mEWAJv4
Here is a video of the box being joined together: http://instagram.com/p/tbqzpsl3Fd/
Couple photos of my alignment boards.
Thanks for taking a look!
-- Luke, http://www.AddingtonFurniture.com
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ignatz
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#1 posted 03-20-2015 08:04 PM
Another gorgeous project. What did you finish with? Tried and True, or something a little more waterproof?
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Luke Addington
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#2 posted 03-20-2015 08:07 PM
Thank you! I hope the amount I am posting isn’t annoying, I’m kind of back-filling my profile here with projects.
For this project I used two coats of Osmo polyx hardwax oil. I really like that stuff for non-period pieces.
-- Luke, http://www.AddingtonFurniture.com
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#3 posted 03-20-2015 08:21 PM
Neet!
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gepatino
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#4 posted 03-20-2015 08:45 PM
Very beautiful!
I had to search the term ‘knock box’... for the finished picture I thought it was a toilet paper holder, but a very classy one.
cheers
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TimberMagic
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#5 posted 03-20-2015 08:49 PM
Project postings are never annoying, especially something like this. Nice! Heck, if people don’t want to look, they can move along to something else!
And I too had to look up “knock box”. Turns out we have one too—it is by Rubbermaid, and we keep a plastic liner in it, in the kitchen … :-)
-- Lee
rtbrmb
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#6 posted 03-20-2015 09:36 PM
Luke;
You can annoy us all day with the type of projects you are building.
Thanks for sharing.
Bill in MI
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#7 posted 03-20-2015 09:55 PM
Simple and perfect, great work.
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#8 posted 03-20-2015 10:09 PM
Thank you guys! I think I should have linked to what a knock box is!
-- Luke, http://www.AddingtonFurniture.com
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#9 posted 03-20-2015 11:30 PM
Wow, those dovetails look perfect. Impressive accuracy for hand cut joints.
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Mean_Dean
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#10 posted 03-20-2015 11:59 PM
Very nice looking dovetails! And thanks for posting—now I know what a knock box is!
-- Dean -- "Don't give up the ship -- fight her 'till she sinks!" Capt James Lawrence USN
shipwright
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#11 posted 03-21-2015 12:59 AM
Good one.
I too had to look up “knock box” and I make espresso every afternoon at 4:00.
Who knew?
You can actually see the quality in that walnut!
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Ivan
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#12 posted 03-21-2015 08:56 AM
Beautiful made dovetails, they are perfect!
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#13 posted 03-21-2015 09:49 AM
Beautiful wood and very tight dovetails, congratulations.
-- Jan, Free State Province, South Africa
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#14 posted 03-21-2015 01:18 PM
Awesome. Makes me want to get a better backsaw and scrap the idea of buying a dovetail jig. Those might be the best dovetails I’ve ever seen.
-- Matt CueBall Rosendaul. I don't think I've ever had a cup of coffee that didn't have cat hair or sawdust in it.
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#15 posted 03-21-2015 03:11 PM
beautiful work. Thanks for the tip on the alignment boards. I’ve not seen that before.
-- Peter, Woodbridge, Ontario
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