Ok, since it is too much to go back to the beging, I'll take up where i left off...

 

Last time, I had laid out some dovetails, and had them cut.  today I went back down there for a little more work...( WORK?  I am retired, right?)

Had went out and bought a set of chisels at Aldis,  Decided to give the skinny one a workout

Seemed to hold up pretty well.  Chopped for awhile on one side

Then flipped the board over

So, now I had one end done, but how to transfer the marks to the over part of the joint?   I think I have a clamp for that job..

Pencil to mark the layout lines.   Then a way to saw leaving those lines.....ah, Bandsaw!   I can saw on the waste side, and see what I'm cutting, too.   Clamped this part to the bench

Then chiseled out the waste.   A bit of fitting to get things to fit.   Then down the above routine all over again on the over end.   wind up with three parts joineried

Which left a back to do.....Back??? Ooops, better cut one out.    had a slab of maple, curly stuff, in fact.   marked it for length, and height using the connected trio.   Bandsaw to cut it down....a little wavy along the edges.  I think I know a plane that can cure that..

A Stanley No.6c,type 10.   Small jointer.   Had a small candle handy, and "waxed" the planes sole first. Along with the handsaws, it helps alot!  Got the edges straight and parallel.   needed a "rebate" on each end.

I think that will do nicely.   Needed grooves for a bottom panel to slip into...set up an old machine

With a 1/4" bit.  Set the fence and set the depth, ran the first piece that was handy..

Then went and grooved the rest

Had to watch, to make sure I didn't cut through them dovetails.   Single Brain Cell Sketch-up is down at the moment.  trying to decide on dividers for the inside.   Stay tuned, I might get to playing again..

Hey Steve, what is that 90 degree clampy thingy that is holding the board in place for marking your DT's? Is that what that was made for? Or is it made for another operation and it just happened to work for this purpose? Nice hand work by the way, I would love to see those DT's after you get em cleaned up.

The 90* clamp is for this sort of thing.    Made to hold a butt joint together while glue sets up, or you can even (supposedly) cut a cut joint between two boards.

 

Needed a better way to mark things so I can tell which end goes where.   Had to keep checking which way them dovetails went in a board.   Marking guide to lay out the cuts was simply a 1/2" dovetail router bit.

 

 

The "black" end on the chisel is just where the back is polished very shiny.    VERY shiny.    Edge held up the entire time, too.