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  1. 7th June 2005, 09:01 PM #1
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    Default Cherry and purpleheart box

    Here's another dark-side box in cherry with purpleheart inlay. Some features are:

    • mitre keys in purpleheart veneer, planed to fit in the kerf of the tenonsaw
    • Purpleheart inlayed lid, done with marking knife, chisel, router plane (the tiny stanley one from 50 years ago, and still being made I believe), and a home-made scratch-stock.
    • curved bottoms on the sides to give the effect of 'feet'. Marked with a bent steel rule and cut with a compass plane
    • notch at top of front to ease lifting the hinged lid (just visible in photo 12), made with rasp, files, and sandpaper (I usually hate sandpaper)
    • lid-rest fitted to the back designed to hold the lid in the upright position just beyond 90 degrees (photo 61). I don't like chains, stays, etc, and this dooflicky works very well.
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    Looks like nice work. You are ahead of me. Making a box is on my "gunna" list.
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    Nice box Zenwood. I like the idea of the doohickey at the back to stop the lid opening too far.
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    Nice work indeed! Especially using dark side methods - I'm not game to go there yet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BobR
    Looks like nice work. You are ahead of me. Making a box is on my "gunna" list.
    Me too.

    Nice work by the way Zenwood. I especially like the curved side idea.

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    The purple heart contrasts well against the cherry, good job Zen.
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    Hi Zenwood,


    Lovely work on the box, love the inlay contrast. I have the same covering on a table at home. I wish your box was gracing my table

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    Quote Originally Posted by zenwood
    this dooflicky works very well. [/list]
    looks good too!
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    Zenwood

    I love it and I dont normally take to boxes much.
    The feet idea is sheer brilliance if I ever make a box I would like to try that.
    The lid stay is clever ++ was it your idea?

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    Thumbs up Looking Good!

    The nice thing about making boxes is they give you the opportunity to practice a wide range of joinery techniques. And they don't require much timber.

    The scary thing is that, being on a small scale, every detail is open to critical inspection. In some respects, small boxes are more difficult to make because of this.

    You've done a nice job.

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    I think so. I can't remember seeing or reading about it anywhere else. I wish I could remember how the idea came to me. Then I might get other ideas.
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    The lid stay is clever ++ was it your idea?
    Those are my principles, and if you don't like them . . . well, I have others.
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    DPB,
    Agree with everything you said. I read somewhere that just about all woodworking was box-making in some form or other. This might be an exaggeration, but certainly drawers, chests, cabinets, cupboards, wardrobes, bookcases, etc., etc., are variations of boxes. I'm going to do one more mitred box (pressie for my sister), and then I want to try a box with sloped sides:eek:, either mitred or dovetailed, depending on how adventurous I'm feeling.
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    The nice thing about making boxes is they give you the opportunity to practice...
    Those are my principles, and if you don't like them . . . well, I have others.
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