My first go at hand cutting DTs.

The drawer material is 3/4 pine from the BORG (2 drawers 24" sq outside on Blummotion heavy duty slides)

The project is a pedestal for a front loading washer dryer

It's made from  mortised 2-by material.

Shelled in with half inch birch.

Will be filled and  painted to match the appliances. nothing fancy

Rise height 24" or thereabouts  (emphasis on the thereabouts)

The wheels in the rear  are swivel type the ones  in the front are Great Lakes Casters that pick the wheel up off the floor when I rotate a little star-wheel in the caster in order to lock them  Three in front three in the back.

 

I used my hand made DT saws.  Note one is brass backed the other  still has the back that came it from the BORG when it was a sheet rock mud scraper.  I got lazy.  Both are 24 TPI.   Getting the "hang" for the handle was a bit of a trick as I didn't even know about "hang" when I started.  I made the saws mounted handles and  when I started a cut they just stuck solid like they were nailed to the wood.  The handle's angle and location is important.

 

The project

 

 

 

Some tools

 

 

My two DT saws

 

 

 

 

 

The first Drawer all glued up with the bottom ( half inch Birch)

 

 

Just stop and think about this a moment.

All kinds of guys looking at some crappy pine drawer cobbled together with hand tools  the fit is  - well  - - hey it's an effort - and it's some guy's first effort at cutting the joints and some people find this interesting?

Really???

 

REALLY?????

Well you may just BE a woodworker  = coz ain't no one else going to find it interestin' ~!!!

 

 

I haven't built a moxxon vice so I just used the project to hold the drawer sides.

 

Marking out the pins or are they tails - - it gets so Konfoozin

 

 

 

Ohh look~!!  they might just fit.

 

 

 

 

 

Fitment detail to follow

 

 

 

 

And the thing is square too

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

both drawers

Pretty dang good for your first attempt!! I am also a fan of "tails first".

 

Nice  shop made saws. Did you file the teeth by hand?

 

I always had trouble making straight cuts until I switched over to a Japanese style pull saw. For some reason it works better for me.

I've sworn to never handcut DT's, but if I ever do it would be like this....on something where the appearance is, well, less important. But you really did a nice job, as for me my DT saws will still sit unused for a while.

Did you file the teeth by hand?

 

Tried toothing by hand  - - - - FAILED  miserably.  It's a whole trade skill of its own that one needs time to learn.

I'd already mastered another trade so I used my skills as a tool maker/machinist to build a saw toothing machine.  Works great; relies on allthread to advance the blade to get even perfect teeth.

Cliff those turned out great! What a wonderful first attempt, if I can make them like that I'd be happy! And I am happy for you, heck I am just happy right now period.

After you plane those down flush they are going to look even better. Ok guys, we got us a Dovetailer on TPW!

Nice and tight.  Great looking job Cliff.  BTW, that job must have taken alot of energy.  I see the empty M&M bag laying there.

Wow and wow Cliff. Those are great first time or not. I have got them with a router and jig and they may not have been that tight.

 

I am also impressed about the saw. You need to do a thread on making the piece to make the saw and cut the teeth. Now would be be very interesting also.

 

Great job and I love the whole idea of raising the washer and dryer and doing it this way rather than buying the metal one.

 

Great job and thanks for sharing it.

Great job. Just did a bunch for a customer and like you first time. Hats off to you !

Here are my router and jig cut DT's and they are not any better than your hand cut ones. I think you did great!

 

Hey Cliff, those are some really pretty chisels too, what kind are they, or what is manufacturer?

 

the socket chisels are  the cryo treated lie neilson  socket chisels the poly handled one is stanley

 

The lie neilson's are quite good  they take and hold an edge as well as if not better than anything I've ever held.

the socket chisels are  the cryo treated lie neilson  socket chisels the poly handled one is stanley

 

The lie neilson's are quite good  they take and hold an edge as well as if not better than anything I've ever held.

I don't own any LN chisels Cliff but I do have several of their hand planes, and the A2 steels they have on their plane blades hold up a long time depending what type of wood is being used. But the old Stanley plane blades do not even come close to the steel they are using today in hand planes. Not slamming the old planes, it's just a matter of fact. With time comes progress and the metals used in cutting tools have improved greatly.

Those chisels are beautiful, as are all of LN's inventory of tooling.

By the way, been awhile since I visited the LN website, they sure have a beautiful site! They changed it since last years appearance. Nice clear and big images of their tools, and well laid out and stylish.

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