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i just purchased a Harvey bandsaw based upon your review. I'm looking forward to setting it up in my shop. I'll be sure to let you know how it works ;-) Thanks for the videos. Merry Christmas!
I like your energy, experience and contributions. Don't feel bad when you are jokes around with, people kind of see you as a standard and engagement does drive the channel Hi-5 (>'.')^
Quick question…I’m trying to make a jig that requires 1/4” plunge cuts… I’m new to woodworking and it feels like I’m going to break the bit off in my router. I’m trying to go slow. Also not sure what speed to have the router on…? Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!
I don’t think that I would try this just to make a box but it seems like an excellent exercise. In fact, anyone who teaches woodworking may want to use this for a final exam. It certainly is an exercise of patience, skill, and one’s ability to follow a precise plan. Good stuff!
When I was in my 20's, we built my dad and mom a new house pretty much exactly that way - although we first built a sawmill and squared the logs on 3 sides 🙂 We cut exactly those dovetailed corners and just like you did we cut grooves in the top and bottom of each log (using a depth guide bolted to the end of our chainsaw bar and following a chalk line) then driving long strips of plywood into the upward facing groove and fitting the next log down onto those strips! My youngest brother now lives in that house.
I really enjoyed watching how you made this box. One of the things I truly appreciate about your channel is when you add the historical background to what you are doing. I look forward to whatever comes next .
James. Thank you very much for sharing this challenging piece with the rest of us. The edge grain splines are a perfect solution to a gift I am making. Thanks again!
In 2015 my wife and I commissioned a custom log home to be built using exactly this type of corner joints for the logs! The house is near Mammoth Lakes in CA. The logs are 12” x 8” and were milled in Boise ID then trucked down via flatbed trucks to the build site. It took a crane and 8 crew to stack the logs over 3 days! All fit incredibly tight. No chinking needed. Douglas fir was used. The home is at 6600ft elevation so the logs see a huge seasonal temperature difference over the seasons and they don’t even budge due to the joinery. Best $1M we ever spent! I can appreciate your box build!
I made an O scale balsa wood log cabin when I was in high school; it was very similar to this. When completed, no one could believe how strong it was because it was so light. Even though it was just balsa and glue, the construction tied it together amazingly well. Thanks for the great video!
The guys on Barnwood Builders would be delighted to see this! This is exactly the compound dovetail that they work with (and cut with chainsaws) every day!
Nice box, I really like your method! I built a double dovetail box using a different method about 25 years ago and it is still going strong with daily use.
Thank you for the explanation. A while back, I was looking at a log cabin and the light bulb came on! I noticed the joinery and was amazed. So when you started , I thought about the logs, but still had no idea how to do it. Very good explanation....although it will still take me a long time to accomplish the feat. How many times we see very old techniques, working better than the new "better" way.
I saw a cabin built like this in Lewisburg WV. I studied it and decided it was an ideal design but I never dreamed of putting the design into a smart little box like this. This is a master stroke on your part.
@@StumpyNubs I'm assuming you cleaned everything up with a chisel between the bandsaw step and assembly? This looks like a fun challenge. I've marveled at locking log cabin joinery and never really thought I would have cause to use it, but the ideas in there now! Thank you!
Fantastic demo. Thanks for sharing, James! Watching the bandsaw segment, I can't help but think that ramp would be easier to use with a couple magswitches installed in the base.
James, outstanding! Love the historical draw from the log cabins. Tricky stuff, but the box components are far easier than logs at size! Stay warm, my friend.
Before you shared the secret of ripping the side boards to form the "logs," I said to myself, "yeah, but those houses were made of logs not solid walls". And then you made logs. Brilliant!
When I saw it, that's what came to mind, log cabin. Well done. This is one of the best videos you've done. Keep it up. From one James to another, That is the best pine box ive ever seen!
Me too. Half-dovetail but added a bottom and made the panel joint invisible (never thought of that either). I've wondered how to do it. It's a lot easier with logs since they don't have to match up perfectly along the length. Only the dovetail mates up on a log.
Probably my best purchase in '24 was a 36" BOW Xtender fence w/feed supports and using it for resawing on a Laguna bandsaw. But the best, best, best part is using the tall BOW Silicon Feather Guide. It secures & holds resaw lumber vertically tight against the fence better than hiring two fingerless helpers. I resaw almost everything. now.
Hardly a practical joint for production work but a fun display of skill and craftsmanship. Maybe more impressive is how you are able to teach this in a video, James. Thanks!
I'll be honest, 30 seconds in I was guessing... steamed fit dovetailed joints or some such sorcery! Then continued to watch a genius at work using compound cut strips! I was pleasantly and genuinely fooled. Good job :)
Amazing conversation piece, and amazing instructional video:)! I hadn't seen your original video of making the box, I am more than glad that you resurrected it! I love when history of how things were made, like log cabins in oldie times:), are combined with new uses, or done with more modern tools and techniques. This video hit all those marks. Thank you!
Very impressive James. I’ll need to ponder whether or not I’ll try to make one, but fascinating nonetheless. Thanks for sharing how you made it, especially the precise measurements for various stock thicknesses.
Superb!! Love it! I have to have a go at this. I've never seen this type of joint before. Can't see it being commercially viable but as an exercise and talking piece, definitely on my todo list now.
OK. I am impressed. After 45 years a s a professional woodworker, I can;t imagine actually making money on this joint but it is impresive that you got such a good job out of it.
Great work Stumpy! I did not see you clean up the joints but presume that you did that. That is a phenomenally difficult joinery project and I applaud your skill and perseverance.
Thanks for breaking this down. I have been thinking about that log cabin joinery for some time, wondering if i could adapt it as you did. I'm undecided if it's worth the time, but the techniques and jigs will definitely find a place in the shop
Thanks for the cool video! Very neat box. I was sure you were going to show how you soaked the wood in water, then compressed the dovetails with clamps to assemble it, much like the "impossible nail" trick. I think your way was much easier!
Great explanation! I would like to see this joinery mass produced for flooring and siding. Industrial machinery would make your explained operations a piece of cake.
Very interesting study in geometry and physics. Thanks. Im still trying to master dovetails though. And i think that will take me the rest of my lifetime. I admire your efforts to understand.
You are always doing something mind-blowing. Thank you. I started to skip through 'cause I'd never, truly, attempt something like this, but, damn, you just hel my attention the whole build. Thanks.
WOW!!!!!! Amazing!! This takes an engineering mindset, concentration, ingenuity, skill, and patience!!!!!! The end results are beautiful, and mind boggling!!!! Love it!!!
You are looking at a joint that was used on log cabins. Conventional dovetails are cut to hold drawers together but only in one direction. This is a two way joint.
This is absolutely outstanding. Probably nothing you would use for a hole furniture program, but dammed it’s infectious. (And all the 180 turns made me dizzy 😂). Dear @James Hamilton, thank you for sharing this. Once more a super informative video on your channel!🙏🏻🙏🏽🙏🏻🙏🏽
Very cool! But one thing I have learned is, no matter how original I think I am, it is really hard to come up with something new under the sun. One of those long ago German's may have given this a try too! Thanks!
This kind of joinery is called “Tiroler Schloss” (Tyrolean Lock) and has it’s origin in the alpine regions of Europe. In fact it’s more or less Austrian, not German. 😉 You can find some information and pictures in the german Woodworker-forum. Greetings from Austria! 🇦🇹
Traditional oak houses in Croatia are built this way too. I refer to them as compound mitre joints. Quite often the builder will do one really fancy curved one as a kind of signature.
OK, mind officially blown! Did I learn something? Yes. I learned that with my meager skills at this point in my woodworking journey I will likely never even attempt this-unless I'm feeling like I need to torture myself. BUT (yes, big but there) did I learn something? YES (big yes there as well)-I ALWAYS (big always there) learn something from your videos.... THANK YOU! (big, thank you there) so in other words BUT YES ALWAYS THANK YOU! Oh, and by the way... absolutely love your channel... the earth stops in its rotation when you drop a video-well, it stops for me :)
Yeah I need to bookmark this. One day I will have a woodworking workshop and I have so many ideas of beautiful things I want to make! This style of box is a serious one-up on a traditional dovetail drawer - it would be perfect for an heirloom desk, with little drawers at the back and down the sides for all sorts of stationery and related items. I wonder if you can make this with a blind dovetail at the front, or if that would be really a bit too complicated?
You need to get in touch with Mark Bowe, star of Barnwood Builders. His team buys and sells log buildings. I've seen them freehand notches with a chainsaw
As a scientist I have, on occasion, taken on a project because someone said it was impossible. This reminds me of that and also reminds me that you never learn anything if you don’t try.
I saw a similar assembly made by soaking the joint tabs and compressing them for assembly. Once pressure was released, the wood returned to the original shape.
Another advantage to using dovetail joints in log construction is that the joint gets tighter with time as the logs settle. I've helped set logs on reassembled old log houses that have been moved. It's surprising how tight these joints are after 100 years or more.
Understood it immediately when I saw the joint up close at 0:21. Yeah, I get a cookie. Pretty cool idea, labor intensive so likely won't make it outside of the home/small workshop.
Would be interesting to have somebody do this up as a program (or Vectric Gadget) for CNC machines. There's all kinds of ways of doing CNC joints already, so it shouldn't be hard to do.
Former Vectric Aspire user here; got fed up with limitations a few years ago and not going back. That said, I took your comment as a challenge of sorts - I'm just a hobbyist but was able recreate this geometry in about 20 minutes using FreeCAD, fully parametric - any size stock.
Wow, Masterful woodcrafting all by hand. I guess these days you could program a CNC machine to do this based on the plans but that would take away all the artistry and skill. Would love to see you show some Japanese techniques like Tsugite/Shiguchi.
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i just purchased a Harvey bandsaw based upon your review. I'm looking forward to setting it up in my shop. I'll be sure to let you know how it works ;-) Thanks for the videos. Merry Christmas!
I like your energy, experience and contributions. Don't feel bad when you are jokes around with, people kind of see you as a standard and engagement does drive the channel
Hi-5 (>'.')^
The craftsmanship is amazing. The spelling could use some work though: "indestructible", though who knows why.
@@stephenbrown8567 Gotta give him a break - he is a life long carpenter so we can just be glad he has all his digits (>'.')^
Quick question…I’m trying to make a jig that requires 1/4” plunge cuts… I’m new to woodworking and it feels like I’m going to break the bit off in my router. I’m trying to go slow. Also not sure what speed to have the router on…? Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!
I have such a headache now. I'll need to watch this another dozen times, before I decide not to do this. Great video, James.
Lol
That’s funny.
Really? I only needed to watch it once to decide I'd never do this.😁
LMAO!!
I don’t think that I would try this just to make a box but it seems like an excellent exercise. In fact, anyone who teaches woodworking may want to use this for a final exam. It certainly is an exercise of patience, skill, and one’s ability to follow a precise plan.
Good stuff!
When I was in my 20's, we built my dad and mom a new house pretty much exactly that way - although we first built a sawmill and squared the logs on 3 sides 🙂 We cut exactly those dovetailed corners and just like you did we cut grooves in the top and bottom of each log (using a depth guide bolted to the end of our chainsaw bar and following a chalk line) then driving long strips of plywood into the upward facing groove and fitting the next log down onto those strips! My youngest brother now lives in that house.
that sounds beautiful! Do you have pictures of it, or another house made in the same way?
I really enjoyed watching how you made this box. One of the things I truly appreciate about your channel is when you add the historical background to what you are doing. I look forward to whatever comes next .
I've never even seen anything like that before. Thanks for sharing this. I always learn something from your videos.
Fascinating. I'm not woodworker and would never waste my time building something like this. But I admire the tenacity of this guy.
@3:30 - "The strips have to be carefully calculated in their thickness, their width, their length, and their angles..."
James. Thank you very much for sharing this challenging piece with the rest of us. The edge grain splines are a perfect solution to a gift I am making. Thanks again!
Interesting process. That bit about cabins is very cool!
What a great way to illustrate that construction method.
In 2015 my wife and I commissioned a custom log home to be built using exactly this type of corner joints for the logs! The house is near Mammoth Lakes in CA. The logs are 12” x 8” and were milled in Boise ID then trucked down via flatbed trucks to the build site. It took a crane and 8 crew to stack the logs over 3 days! All fit incredibly tight. No chinking needed. Douglas fir was used. The home is at 6600ft elevation so the logs see a huge seasonal temperature difference over the seasons and they don’t even budge due to the joinery. Best $1M we ever spent! I can appreciate your box build!
Cryptic meets surgical meets scientific woodwork! Impressive stuff James
I made an O scale balsa wood log cabin when I was in high school; it was very similar to this. When completed, no one could believe how strong it was because it was so light. Even though it was just balsa and glue, the construction tied it together amazingly well.
Thanks for the great video!
The guys on Barnwood Builders would be delighted to see this! This is exactly the compound dovetail that they work with (and cut with chainsaws) every day!
Nice box, I really like your method! I built a double dovetail box using a different method about 25 years ago and it is still going strong with daily use.
"We choose to do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard."
“If you always choose the easy way, you will find life hard, Grasshopper”
JFK
Or I have a lot of time on my hands.
More like "We choose to do things not because they are easy, but because we thought they were easy."
Thank you for the explanation. A while back, I was looking at a log cabin and the light bulb came on! I noticed the joinery and was amazed. So when you started , I thought about the logs, but still had no idea how to do it. Very good explanation....although it will still take me a long time to accomplish the feat. How many times we see very old techniques, working better than the new "better" way.
I saw a cabin built like this in Lewisburg WV. I studied it and decided it was an ideal design but I never dreamed of putting the design into a smart little box like this. This is a master stroke on your part.
The putting together looks easier than I thought. It's the cutting of the dove tails I would fail at massively 😅
Why? It's just straight cuts with a bandsaw. You only have to follow a line for about 1/4-inch.
@StumpyNubs it's not the cuts, it's the flipping the pieces over on the ramp. I'm bound to go wrong.
@@StumpyNubs I'm assuming you cleaned everything up with a chisel between the bandsaw step and assembly? This looks like a fun challenge. I've marveled at locking log cabin joinery and never really thought I would have cause to use it, but the ideas in there now! Thank you!
Me too.
Fantastic demo. Thanks for sharing, James! Watching the bandsaw segment, I can't help but think that ramp would be easier to use with a couple magswitches installed in the base.
James, outstanding! Love the historical draw from the log cabins. Tricky stuff, but the box components are far easier than logs at size! Stay warm, my friend.
Wow! This is very cool! I can’t wait to try this build. Thank you for sharing!
Before you shared the secret of ripping the side boards to form the "logs," I said to myself, "yeah, but those houses were made of logs not solid walls". And then you made logs. Brilliant!
When I saw it, that's what came to mind, log cabin. Well done. This is one of the best videos you've done. Keep it up. From one James to another, That is the best pine box ive ever seen!
Me too. Half-dovetail but added a bottom and made the panel joint invisible (never thought of that either).
I've wondered how to do it. It's a lot easier with logs since they don't have to match up perfectly along the length. Only the dovetail mates up on a log.
Probably my best purchase in '24 was a 36" BOW Xtender fence w/feed supports and using it for resawing on a Laguna bandsaw. But the best, best, best part is using the tall BOW Silicon Feather Guide. It secures & holds resaw lumber vertically tight against the fence better than hiring two fingerless helpers. I resaw almost everything. now.
Hardly a practical joint for production work but a fun display of skill and craftsmanship. Maybe more impressive is how you are able to teach this in a video, James. Thanks!
I'll be honest, 30 seconds in I was guessing... steamed fit dovetailed joints or some such sorcery!
Then continued to watch a genius at work using compound cut strips!
I was pleasantly and genuinely fooled. Good job :)
Amazing conversation piece, and amazing instructional video:)! I hadn't seen your original video of making the box, I am more than glad that you resurrected it! I love when history of how things were made, like log cabins in oldie times:), are combined with new uses, or done with more modern tools and techniques. This video hit all those marks. Thank you!
Very impressive James. I’ll need to ponder whether or not I’ll try to make one, but fascinating nonetheless. Thanks for sharing how you made it, especially the precise measurements for various stock thicknesses.
Superb!! Love it! I have to have a go at this. I've never seen this type of joint before. Can't see it being commercially viable but as an exercise and talking piece, definitely on my todo list now.
You are so clever in adapting this technique!
Looks so much fun to assemble at the end!
Such a good idea! I realized it was built like a log cabin almost right away and I was blown away that nobody else decided to try it.
OK. I am impressed. After 45 years a s a professional woodworker, I can;t imagine actually making money on this joint but it is impresive that you got such a good job out of it.
Great work Stumpy! I did not see you clean up the joints but presume that you did that. That is a phenomenally difficult joinery project and I applaud your skill and perseverance.
Thanks for breaking this down. I have been thinking about that log cabin joinery for some time, wondering if i could adapt it as you did. I'm undecided if it's worth the time, but the techniques and jigs will definitely find a place in the shop
One of the more astonishing things I've seen in a while! Love it!
Absolute insanity, and I love it
Fascinating concept and wonderful execution
Thanks for the cool video! Very neat box.
I was sure you were going to show how you soaked the wood in water, then compressed the dovetails with clamps to assemble it, much like the "impossible nail" trick. I think your way was much easier!
Great explanation! I would like to see this joinery mass produced for flooring and siding. Industrial machinery would make your explained operations a piece of cake.
Thank you, James. As usual, great idea and its implementation. Take care of yourself
What a wonderful combination of history, theory and practical skills.
Wonderful video!
Thank you for creating and sharing this…
🙏👍👏
Very interesting study in geometry and physics. Thanks. Im still trying to master dovetails though. And i think that will take me the rest of my lifetime. I admire your efforts to understand.
You are always doing something mind-blowing. Thank you. I started to skip through 'cause I'd never, truly, attempt something like this, but, damn, you just hel my attention the whole build. Thanks.
Lovely project, and really excellent demonstration. I really enjoy the bits of history you incorporate, as well. This is what UA-cam should be. 😊
Now that there is one cool box. Nicely done SN. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Imagine getting a truckload of those at cabin size (but perfectly manufactured) and putting a super strong cabin together in a day.
Clever! Smart set up. That's what woodworking is.... critical thinking to solve issues.
Brilliant, James. Now for all the drawers in a fitted kitchen lol
Interesting joint. Keep the good stuff coming and GO WINGS!
WOW!!!!!! Amazing!! This takes an engineering mindset, concentration, ingenuity, skill, and patience!!!!!! The end results are beautiful, and mind boggling!!!! Love it!!!
This is beautiful, thanks for sharing! I will put it on my list to build.
You, Sir, are a consummate presenter and teacher. This humble Octogenarian is inspired. Thank you.
me 2 minutes in: "what the hell am I looking at?" 🧐
You are looking at a joint that was used on log cabins. Conventional dovetails are cut to hold drawers together but only in one direction. This is a two way joint.
Wow, you have some patience. Great job!!
as a lazy lazy man I knew I would never attempt this, didn't even finish watching, you're a better woodworker than I....
This is absolutely outstanding. Probably nothing you would use for a hole furniture program, but dammed it’s infectious. (And all the 180 turns made me dizzy 😂).
Dear @James Hamilton, thank you for sharing this.
Once more a super informative video on your channel!🙏🏻🙏🏽🙏🏻🙏🏽
Very cool! But one thing I have learned is, no matter how original I think I am, it is really hard to come up with something new under the sun. One of those long ago German's may have given this a try too! Thanks!
This kind of joinery is called “Tiroler Schloss” (Tyrolean Lock) and has it’s origin in the alpine regions of Europe. In fact it’s more or less Austrian, not German. 😉 You can find some information and pictures in the german Woodworker-forum. Greetings from Austria! 🇦🇹
Your methods are some of the most fascinating I've seen!
VERY clever, and it makes sense why it worked well for building cabins
Very clever. I don’t like math lol but I appreciate when someone uses it well.
that is the coolest box detail I've ever seen!
Wow! Great design and execution!
That’s so cool! Your videos are the best! Thanks for sharing this challenging build and I definitely want to try this sometime.
Love the creativity and the history lesson Stumpy!
Traditional oak houses in Croatia are built this way too. I refer to them as compound mitre joints. Quite often the builder will do one really fancy curved one as a kind of signature.
OK, mind officially blown! Did I learn something? Yes. I learned that with my meager skills at this point in my woodworking journey I will likely never even attempt this-unless I'm feeling like I need to torture myself. BUT (yes, big but there) did I learn something? YES (big yes there as well)-I ALWAYS (big always there) learn something from your videos.... THANK YOU! (big, thank you there) so in other words BUT YES ALWAYS THANK YOU! Oh, and by the way... absolutely love your channel... the earth stops in its rotation when you drop a video-well, it stops for me :)
Love it. Great work, both in creating the box and sharing it with others. 👍
both fence and the box are 1st class!
Has it really been seven years since I first saw this? Still nice.
Yeah I need to bookmark this. One day I will have a woodworking workshop and I have so many ideas of beautiful things I want to make! This style of box is a serious one-up on a traditional dovetail drawer - it would be perfect for an heirloom desk, with little drawers at the back and down the sides for all sorts of stationery and related items.
I wonder if you can make this with a blind dovetail at the front, or if that would be really a bit too complicated?
You need to get in touch with Mark Bowe, star of Barnwood Builders. His team buys and sells log buildings. I've seen them freehand notches with a chainsaw
I failed geometry, but int this video… I think you gave it a new angle.
Lol, cleverly worded. ":^)
I love it! There is a log Smokehouse here that belonged to my Grandad. It has the same joints. ❤
mind blown. Fun new party trick to try. Thanks James.
The people who designed this system were brilliant. Good job of replicating it. Enjoy your channel very much.
What a great challenge, well done. Stay safe.
As a scientist I have, on occasion, taken on a project because someone said it was impossible. This reminds me of that and also reminds me that you never learn anything if you don’t try.
yep,
I do all my boxes that way except I cut all the notches freehand. Perfect every time. 👍
The only thing new is history you haven't learned yet. Thanks, James.
That is very cool. I think I'll try to make one someday. Thanks for sharing.
Stumpy, that is so "flippin cool"!! Thank you for sharing.
Masterful, simply masterful!
Such a great technique! I love this, thank you Stumpy Nubs 👍🏽
I saw a similar assembly made by soaking the joint tabs and compressing them for assembly. Once pressure was released, the wood returned to the original shape.
I thought I had seen this done before but can't remember if it was a box or just a demonstration of water manipulation of wood.
Intriguing !
Another advantage to using dovetail joints in log construction is that the joint gets tighter with time as the logs settle. I've helped set logs on reassembled old log houses that have been moved. It's surprising how tight these joints are after 100 years or more.
Thanks James
Great vid. The history is neat. I can see a use for this in high use drawers. For example a silverware drawer.
i always learn a lot from you videos, thank you
Understood it immediately when I saw the joint up close at 0:21. Yeah, I get a cookie. Pretty cool idea, labor intensive so likely won't make it outside of the home/small workshop.
Ok, now that is clever. Well done!
Slick idea! Perfect for pallet wood boxes….
Would be interesting to have somebody do this up as a program (or Vectric Gadget) for CNC machines. There's all kinds of ways of doing CNC joints already, so it shouldn't be hard to do.
Former Vectric Aspire user here; got fed up with limitations a few years ago and not going back. That said, I took your comment as a challenge of sorts - I'm just a hobbyist but was able recreate this geometry in about 20 minutes using FreeCAD, fully parametric - any size stock.
@@petergamache5368 I was thinking I could draw it in FreeCAD and 3D print a box. It would be a good test for the accuracy of my printer!
That's a really nice box! Awesome video.
That looks awesome. You must have a lot of patience.
wow super workmanship!
Wow, Masterful woodcrafting all by hand. I guess these days you could program a CNC machine to do this based on the plans but that would take away all the artistry and skill. Would love to see you show some Japanese techniques like Tsugite/Shiguchi.