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General Category => Brag Forum => Topic started by: EIEIO on February 08, 2013, 12:22:50 pm
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I had some 5mm birch plywood that proved to be not much good for portrait work (cheap stuff from Lowe's that would not support a thin strip in the portrait). Rather than pitch it, I thought it would be OK to make a gift box. I'd posted the rosewood candle stick (1.5"x1.5"x5") and planned to give it away. So a wooden box would be a nice touch. I wanted the inside to be 2x2x6 to allow for wrapping the candle stick.
I started the cut by trying to weave the blade in and out of the joint tabs using a 2/0 blade, but the cuttings are mostly long straight lines and the 2/0 is a bear to keep on a line. I tried a 423 blade - it's fast and great on the straight lines but can't make the tight 90 degree turns. I decided instead to cut the box sides as rectangles to the outer dimensions of the tabs, then go back an remove the material between the tabs.
The 1st picture below shows the sides for the box bottom. The 2nd shows the cut pattern, with hash marks where the waste is removed. The plywood is 5mm, but the tabs are 1/4". This left a little room to make a fit, and was later sanded flat on a belt sander. The corners are also rounded on the belt sander.
The 3rd and 4th pictures are the finished box bottom and top. The top is cut just like the bottom but 10mm longer and wider to fit over the bottom, and with thumb cut-outs to get it open. It is finished with feed-n-wax (Amazon Prime, $8.88). Looks good a smells good too. I wish I thought to cut a rose into the top before I glued it up. Maybe next time...
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Thanks for the idea and the pattern. I get my 1/8" BB ply in 24" x 12"pcs. I rip it to 10" then I can get 3 - 8x10 portrait blanks, trouble is, I have been tossing the 2" leftovers. Now I will make boxes out them!
Pete
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or maybe make wallet-size portraits? ;)
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Raymond Cuto out a rose or some other suitable object and glue to the top.
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I saw some nice roses on the Sugar Skull, but I think they're above my pay grade at this point.
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Amazing work, looks very well made and elegant, thanks for sharing.
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thats a great idea, Your box turned out great. thanks for the patterns.
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nice work thanks for sharing
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Nice work!
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Nice project. Thanks for the idea and patterns
DW
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Good job, nice work. :)
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Good idea, thanks for sharing it with us.
Al
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Simple , yet looks great ;)
Thank you for sharing
Mahendra
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Great work, looks fantastic, thanks for sharing.
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Billy suggested I should carve a rose to put on top of the Candle Stick box. I had not done any intarsia yet, but want to try some later this year. I saw a simple butterfly pattern in the March 2013 Creative Woodworks so I thought I'd try. Pics below show the box and candlestick, and a close-up of the butterfly. I have only a P-C disk/belt sander, so the sanding is a little rough, but I was happy with it as a first effort.
Thanks Billy for the suggestion.
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very nice box, nice to see the different steps.
looks great.