AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.world to Woodworking@lemmy.ca · 2 months agoI made a replacement stand for the compost bin - with dovetails!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1246arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1244arrow-down1imageI made a replacement stand for the compost bin - with dovetails!lemmy.worldAMillionMonkeys@lemmy.world to Woodworking@lemmy.ca · 2 months agomessage-square25linkfedilinkfile-text
The base is dovetailed at the corners and the uprights are lapped in. I have to complicate everything.
minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoI’ve never tried dovetails, I could only hope to do as well. I’d probably just do a corner brace and call it done, though.
minus-squareFatVegan@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoAfter my first dovetail, i bought a jig for my router
minus-squareAMillionMonkeys@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoSame here! The wood is thick and really wet right from the hardware store. I cut the joinery using panel saws because the teeth of my back saws were too fine. It came out pretty good, even if it’s utilitarian.
minus-squarerunner_g@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoFingers crossed they stay straight on you as they dry out.
I’ve never tried dovetails, I could only hope to do as well. I’d probably just do a corner brace and call it done, though.
After my first dovetail, i bought a jig for my router
god i love dovetails
Same here! The wood is thick and really wet right from the hardware store. I cut the joinery using panel saws because the teeth of my back saws were too fine. It came out pretty good, even if it’s utilitarian.
Fingers crossed they stay straight on you as they dry out.
Sick