First Dovetail Project!

I have been experimenting with the many different ways of joining wood together.  This week I have been trying to perfect one of the methods for using the Dovetail joint. Several years ago, one of the Captain that I worked with made a picture frame for me.  He used pocket whole and Dovetail joint and I’ve been mesmerized ever since. For the longest I could not figure it out.  The jigs and other tools used to line it up, it all went way over my head. But then I found the French dovetail.

The French Dovetail  is what is used in many drawers, as many of the woodworking video shows.  After a few tries I found that this was very simple to do and eased my headache about dovetails.  Check out my first dovetailed project!

Pinewood Derby Car that almost wasn’t!

Today is Pinewood Derby for the Scouts. My son and I have worked really hard on this year’s car. In fact, I would say this year is the best car that he has done. And by our standards, he wins best car award!

Every year we pick a car. Then he chooses a design, the decorations, and the color.  I do all of the woodwork, and he does the sanding, painting, and assembly. I must say he has gotten much better over the years.

Today, however, I almost blew the race!  I picked up the car to check that everything was good, and the fender fell off! With lest than 3 hours to race time I was in a panic.

  
I quickly grabbed the glue, and hoped that it would dry in time.  My wife told me to do it like this last night. I won’t live this one down!