Minimal Tool Challenge Box Build

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I decided to put off thinking about resawing more material for the box lid and just get on with the dovetailing. I started by marking out the shoulder lines with the plane blade and the combination square. The plane blade doesn't make a great marking knife (unsurprisingly) although it cuts nicely. The main problem with it is all that extra sharp blade hanging out the back: I'm not counting finger plasters as tools for the tool list!

With the shoulder lines marked out, I could pencil some lines across the ends for tails and clamp the board down for sawing:

The extra saw line in the middle of the pin socket is to help with chiselling out the waste.

A similar set-up was used to saw the ends off, keeping away from the line as I don't trust myself doing this with a Kataba.

I then added another tool to the list a 3 mm chisel. I had been planning to use a 6 mm one originally, but I figured the 3 mm one would be easier to push through the end grain without having a hammer or mallet available.

All four pin sockets and six out of eight ends are now chiselled to the line:

I haven't done one corner of each board as I'm still figuring out how the (sliding) lid will work. I probably need to do another straight cut in from the end and chisel out the waste.

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