Thread: Document Intray

Very nice, Wendy. I may well start making some similar things for my office.

Greenie on its way.

Cheers

Jeremy

"I am sitting in my dingy little office where a stingy
Ray of sunshine struggles feebly down between the houses tall
And the fetid air and gritty of the dusty dirty city
Through the open window floating spreads its foulness over all"

Nice result Wendy, DTs are coming along nicely.
Good to see you using shellac, it's a much under-rated finish

Great job Ruffly! The timber looks quite nice, does it have shades of purple in it?
Is it aromatic?

BTW what kind of camera are you using? I feel that it is not doing any justice to the quality of your work, cheers.

Thanks Jeremy, Alex and Martrix

The plan is at www.ebooks.ausmade.com.au if anyone is interested.

The juniper cypress scent is pretty interesting, I think it's one that you either like or don't like, fairly strong when cutting but only when cutting/sanding.

Purple? - Absolutely, especially when freshly sawn, but the hard shellac toned it down a lot.

Photos - you are totally correct Martrix. I really do need digital camera, but I seem to continually spend any spare money on tools, timber, fittings and finishes so continue to persevere with my mobile phone... no one (in my family that is) took my big hint at xmas for a camera, not even HWMBO. I'll have to try harder

cheers
Wendy

Ditto Alex plus nice selction of timber.

VERY nice, Wendy - I'm sure you'll enjoy using it for many years to come...those dovetails aren't goin' anywhere!!

Cheers,

Jill

Hi Wendy,

A wee block plane might come in handy for trimming excess pin/tail lengths

Wood is so much more attractive than plastic. I might pick up on your idea - but for an 'out' box. I refuse to have an 'in' one

Ruffly, I like the tray, just a question Why that orientation for the dovetails?

Great stuff Wendy and WOW!!!! haven't those dovetails improved. Now you've shamed me into having a go at some myself.
That Juniper is interesting stuff! I planted 4 of them here some years ago and never thought about them having useable timber. They might start trembling now when they hear the chainsaw start!

I like it Wendy, & I really like that Juniper. the Dovetails look good mate, Am I the only one left on this forum yet to have a go at these? It's a confidence thing, I'll have a go oneday soon.

Steve

Hi Wendy,
Nice job. Will be a perfect way of starting up wood working conversations at work. Cheers, Joe.

Thanks Guys and Jill.

The more I look at it, the more I like it and wish I'd used White Shellac to try to keep the purple colour, but as soon as water or a finish touches it, the purple goes red.

Yeah, just quietly, I'm pretty pleased with these dovetails. I did use my block plane but obviously not enough as I didn't want any end grain tear-out - Need that sharpening lesson with Toolin'

MKB - Choice. I ran up a poll here a while ago about the dovetail orientation and the end result was put the orientation whichever way you please except for eg drawers & blind dovetails. So, I took that advice and ran with it OK - the absolute honest answer? I was showing off as that is the side people see first and I wanted to admire them every time I walk into my office

TTIT and Ticky - you gotta have go at cutting dovetails but I warn you, it can be very addictive

Thanks Joe - actually it did start a conversation that led to a likely order but I've yet to see the deposit

Cheers
Wendy