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I finished resawing the boards for one of the doors for the cabinet - I’m guessing this would take less than an hour or so with a bandsaw? It took me most of the day. I used a ryoba saw and had excellent results. My arm is spent.

A woodworking bench holds various hand tools, a large wooden board, and several wood panels in a workshop setting.

Finished all the dovetail work for the mid-century cabinet and leaving it dry fit until I take apart to cut the grooves for the front sliding doors.

A wooden cabinet is placed on a blue rubber mat in a workshop.

Finally back to work in the shop. I decided to start with a warm-up project: a cherry tea tray with walnut dowels and wax cord wraps for the handles.

A wooden tray with dark blue handles sits on a workbench surrounded by tools.

Three corners completed, one to go, then on to the cabinet doors. I’ve never cut so many dovetails at once in my life.

A wooden box with dovetail joints is positioned on a workbench, surrounded by woodworking tools and materials.

Two corners done for my cabinet build, two to go. I did through dovetails for the base, the top will be half blind dovetails. Sketching out plans for feet and sliding doors now.

A wooden cabinet on a blue patterned floor is being held together with clamps.

My solution for transferring pins to tails on a 50x25 inch panel. It’s not pretty, but it’ll do the job.

A woodworking setup features two large wooden panels clamped to a workbench so pins can be transferred to tails for a 25 inch dovetail joint.

Frederick, Maryland, this morning before it gets too hot to be outside.

Frederick Maryland, Carroll creek park

Making some wooden nails with scraps (with a dowel plate) while I wait for glue to dry on panels, which are just tiny dowels shaped to a point with a chisel. They work great for small box projects and are a good use of small hardwood scrap.

A wooden nail on a piece of wood, a wooden nail inserted into the same piece of wood; behind that a chisel, a wood scrap, and a dowel making jig.