I was joined by students Jared Reasy and Dr. Ed Perlstein for three days of dovetail box making, Aug 15-17. Our goal was a simple but elegant hand dovetailed box with a removable, solid lid. We used some nice cherry for the boxes, with a touch of sapwood around the bottom, and a bookmatched cherry lid. We made a pile of practice joints before diving into the real deal, with excellent results. Dovetails done well are all about care, patience and technique. This class was a real pleasure, one of my favorite things.
Sawing the half-pin scribe line
Doc wielding chisel and mallet
Jared paring pins
Doc sawing to the scribe line
Chop, chop, chop
Jared showing off his work
Jared's box, close-up