Hand tool woodworking. I show how to make a dovetailed box made with cherry wood using only basic woodworking hand tools. This small dovetailed keepsake chest features hand cut dovetails, grooves with a plough plane, mitered dovetails, half mortise lock.
a hand tools only build.
BLOG
https://improvewoodworking.com/
**TOOLS USED**
My hand plane https://amzn.to/3PO9GeC
My Block plane https://amzn.to/3oMLayx
Dovetail saw https://amzn.to/3655jqX
Coping Saw https://amzn.to/3pECvOh
Marking knife https://amzn.to/3sOl3Im
Starrett combination square https://amzn.to/3iL4bxO
Thorex mallet https://amzn.to/2Y2MFeV
Combination marking/mortise gauge https://amzn.to/2Y2BfYB
Stanley benchtop tape measure https://amzn.to/3o5wecl
Dividers https://amzn.to/3w8Xr2H
Combination oil stone https://amzn.to/397qXfW
Translucent Arkansas stone https://amzn.to/3vIUyWk
square awl https://amzn.to/3q8UjAT
GOOD pencil sharpener https://amzn.to/3pB0cY1
Consumables
Liquid Hide Glue (old brown glue) https://amzn.to/3a8tzut
Green Honing Compound https://amzn.to/3cQNBtM
Pencils https://amzn.to/3irJR6f
Finish
Tried and True Varnish Oil (linseed oil+ resin) https://amzn.to/3TDkOMC