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> On Nov 28, 2016, at 7:55 PM, John M Johnston (jmjhnstn)  wrote:
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> Bill, I'm using this mid-19th century shaving box as a jumping off point for
my late 18th century shaving box.  You can see that the dividers are quite thin,
and every intersection is a V groove.  Looking at the joints in this box, I
would say the grooves are cut by a chisel, and the mating ends of the dividers
by a chisel or knife.  Neither are perfect.
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It is clear that not all joints will be perfect! It looks like the dividers in
your example are even skinnier than what I am attempting. I find it amazing that
people worked to such tolerances with only hand tools. I use the b**ds*w to get
me started. OTOH, we do have more trouble sourcing good wood these days. The
Mahogany I am using has been sitting in my shop for about three years. Before
that, it sat in a local barn for about 25 years. The slab is quite flat and
square. Still, two of the slices took a decided curve as they came off the saw.

Bill