I don't post in the brag section much but, I entered a wood working challenge on another forum and thought some people might enjoy seeing my project.
The "challenge" was to make something using only one board foot of wood. That sounds kind of hard for some people but, a board foot is 144 cubic inches of wood, and if you cut it just right, it can be enough to do a lot with. The item could be made of any wood or even several kinds of wood.
I saw a project on WWMM (Wood Working for Mere Mortals) that Steve did. He made a jewelry box that looked like a book and that inspired me to give it a try. As I was working on a prototype of the box, a friend dropped by and suggested that it would be a good place to keep his "home defense weapon". well, the only thing better than a good idea is TWO good ideas and then this "challenge" came up and as they say, the rest is history!
Being somewhat of a scroll saw user and member of this forum, I thought my project might inspire other people to try new and different things once in awhile.
http://s193.photobucket.com/user/rapidroger/library/War%20and%20PeaceThe book measures 7" x 10" x 1-1/2" and totals 105 cubic inches (well with in the limit) and is made of 5/8 birch plywood for the center section, 1/4" cherry plywood for the covers and a piece of solid cherry for the spine. I cut the letters and stained them with cherry stain and recessed them about 1/64" on the scroll saw. I cut the center area by stack cutting the two "page" sections and lined them with peel & stick felt. The spine was drilled for the hinge and then cut down the center in such a way as to form the hinge sections using the scroll saw also. The hinge pin is just two pieces of 1/8" brass rod inserted from each end and plugged.
The title was suggested by my friend who now owns the box/book.
Hope this gives inspiration to others to try using a scroll saw in different ways.
Rog
