I've only been woodworking for a little over a year, and in that time I've only done solid wood projects. So far most of that work has been focused on "traditional" joinery like mortise and tenon, dovetails, etc.. But now I'm looking at making a hall tree / mudroom bench for the house. It looks like a plywood type project since I'm planning on painting most of it anyway. Or at least all the project plans I have seen, plywood is the main component of the cases.
Everywhere I go on youtube watching people build any kind of casework like this, pretty much everybody is using pocket hole jigs to assemble these things. I don't have one and I just can't seem to get excited about buying that kind of thing yet. Here's the question: how did people build cases years ago before the pocket hole jigs? Can I do this kind of project without pocket hole jigs or pneumatic nail guns? Am I crazy to consider doing the cases out of solid wood using the techniques I already know?
I need some direction or maybe a little history lesson!
thanks guys
daniel
Everywhere I go on youtube watching people build any kind of casework like this, pretty much everybody is using pocket hole jigs to assemble these things. I don't have one and I just can't seem to get excited about buying that kind of thing yet. Here's the question: how did people build cases years ago before the pocket hole jigs? Can I do this kind of project without pocket hole jigs or pneumatic nail guns? Am I crazy to consider doing the cases out of solid wood using the techniques I already know?
I need some direction or maybe a little history lesson!
thanks guys
daniel