Re: Put a Lid on it!
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 12:18 am
Chris,
Your toolbox looks great. I am not as far along as doing the lid yet. It took me a while to get up the courage to execute the hell tenons. I finally got the tenons done for the inner partitions, but had some difficulty with the tenons splitting. I had to redo 3 of the tenons due to splits. The split occurred across the growth rings, which run lengthwise on the tenons. I used a 1:16 ratio for the inner slopes of the mortise, and a 1:32 slope for the wedges. I think my wedges may have been a bit too fat and caused the split.
Experiments with an "open" mortise.
The splits...
Finished partitions
Your toolbox looks great. I am not as far along as doing the lid yet. It took me a while to get up the courage to execute the hell tenons. I finally got the tenons done for the inner partitions, but had some difficulty with the tenons splitting. I had to redo 3 of the tenons due to splits. The split occurred across the growth rings, which run lengthwise on the tenons. I used a 1:16 ratio for the inner slopes of the mortise, and a 1:32 slope for the wedges. I think my wedges may have been a bit too fat and caused the split.
Experiments with an "open" mortise.
The splits...
Finished partitions