Today was a slow day, where I completed one joint, and also made the divider so it fitted into the grooves. I made the divider first, and this was just cutting it to the right size, which is shown below. this was quite easy, however I did have to sand it down and chisel the groove slightly larger to get it to fit correctly.
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| Divider cut ready to size |
I then cut and fitted my first joint. This was a mitred dovetail, and was quite easy to get to fit. However I miss-cut one of the pins, which means that you can slightly see the groove from the outside. Also I learnt from videos on the internet how to get mitres to fit as tightly as possible by running a saw along the join, and then finishing the joint by tapping it together.
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| Mitre joint |
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| Finished joint - Corner 1 |
Overall this lesson went really well, and now that I have done the first joint, it will be easier to do the other four corners.
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