Project Information
I'm on a roll posting my projects tonight.
This is round two of the dog bowl platforms. This time I made them for my motorhome. And since the interior is cherry, I thought I would use some of my scrap maple and cherry to make these.
Again, I used this project to learn new skills and enhance existing ones. As you can notice, the bases has dovetails. Since the first set was rabbet joints, I thought I would try my hand at dovetails. Well, of course, I would try my first set on hard MAPLE and not a nice soft wood like pine or poplar.
The dovetails were made as hybrids. Partial machine cuts and partial hand cuts. I cut the tails first and the angles were cut with the table saw. I then did the rest by hand. I then used the tails to mark the pins and cut out the waste with the table saw again and then did the final trimming and fitting by hand. AND i used my newley made chisel mallet for these so it was doubly fun.
I will tell you this, I have a new appreciation for those who make dovetails by hand. Man that is a lot of work but I can see that after you get more experience, it must get easier. And Maple is a challenge to make them in too.
The tops have rabbet joints so they sit in the bases.
Final trimming of the pins was done with a hand plane to make them flush and after sanding things smooth, I put on 4 coats of clear shellac.
Yea, I know, the dogs don't know any difference but they sure look nice in the motorhome and the cherry wood matches perfectly.
This is round two of the dog bowl platforms. This time I made them for my motorhome. And since the interior is cherry, I thought I would use some of my scrap maple and cherry to make these.
Again, I used this project to learn new skills and enhance existing ones. As you can notice, the bases has dovetails. Since the first set was rabbet joints, I thought I would try my hand at dovetails. Well, of course, I would try my first set on hard MAPLE and not a nice soft wood like pine or poplar.
The dovetails were made as hybrids. Partial machine cuts and partial hand cuts. I cut the tails first and the angles were cut with the table saw. I then did the rest by hand. I then used the tails to mark the pins and cut out the waste with the table saw again and then did the final trimming and fitting by hand. AND i used my newley made chisel mallet for these so it was doubly fun.
I will tell you this, I have a new appreciation for those who make dovetails by hand. Man that is a lot of work but I can see that after you get more experience, it must get easier. And Maple is a challenge to make them in too.
The tops have rabbet joints so they sit in the bases.
Final trimming of the pins was done with a hand plane to make them flush and after sanding things smooth, I put on 4 coats of clear shellac.
Yea, I know, the dogs don't know any difference but they sure look nice in the motorhome and the cherry wood matches perfectly.
