It’s been 14 wonderful years with my wife and I wanted to do something special. I think a gift like this that is made with love, more importantly with wood, is way more special than any store bought gift.
I had just purchased some nice hard wood and decided to go with the walnut. This particular walnut had a nice tiger stripe grain, but unfortunately it didn’t show on such a small item.
Nevertheless I decided to try a different design from the normal dovetail boxes that I had seen. The design I chose was a log cabin dovetail design.
Log Cabin Dovetails
I started out by cutting a little over 16″ to compensate for the saw kerf and whatever else I goofed up. Then I took those pieces to my band saw and cut them in half. Brought them to the thickness planer and got them to the right thickness. Off to the Porter Cable dovetail jig. I will say that anyone who has purchased this Porter Cable jig needs to replace all the existing bits with carbide ones. It’s a shame that they even include such junk.
After routing my pins and tails, I finished the pieces with my scroll saw. I used the Duragrit carbide 360° scroll saw blade again. I decided to include our wedding phrase, “Can You Say Wow?!”. Along with the number 14, our names, and a heart design.
Proceeded to glue and clamp everything. What an operation!
I finished it off with Deft Lacquer Furniture Spray and it came out beautiful. My wife really loved it! It was very interesting to learn how to make the box and use my scroll saw again for the designs. I’m very happy with the project. Here are some photos of the finished project. Every angle I might add… LOL
