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17th April 2013, 08:50 PM #1Senior Member
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Jewelry Chest....my most challenging project ever
Hi All,
Some 6 months ago I started a project I spotted in woodsmith at some stage and that was this Jewelry chest with a few of my own touches. The pics (not great as all from iphone) will show more than words can but here's some details.
Sydney bluegum was the timber used as I have plenty and if I messed it up I wouldn't be too concerned
Mitred box sides have dovetail keys from the same timber...made a jig and did on router table, not part of original design
Birdseye maple veneer on top...never done veneering before
Bevelled mirror in lid
Brass bits sourced from all over the place including chain from Lee Valley
About 100 half lap joints in 3mm timber inside drawers/top
Mortice lock painstakingly installed...very time consuming
Finish is 2 X BLO, 2 X Scandanavian oil and some Ubeut wax last
I reckon I've got about 200+ hours in this
This will be for my daughter's 18th in November and I hope 1 she likes it (she doesn't know and hasn't seen it ) and 2 it lasts her lifetime.
Feedback and questions appreciated..
Cheers
Redgy
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17th April 2013, 08:55 PM #2Senior Member
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And just for laughs (or I'm a glutton for punishment) I thought I would make another one for my wife
Here's a couple of teaser pics...
Timber is NG Rosewood (whole project from 1 piece) , Jarah dovetail keys, English Oak burl veneer top, finish same as 1st one and interior will be dark marone velvet...
It will be finished in a couple of weeks and I'll post some pics done better and with SLR.
Cheers
Redgy
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17th April 2013, 09:36 PM #3
Verrrrrrrrrry nice!
Your finish has worked wonders. I would not have picked it as bluegum by just looking.
Regards
John
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17th April 2013, 09:50 PM #4
Absolutely awesome work
I love the combination of timbers in the first box, they work well together. Also like the lid design with the bead around the veneered panel; I always get stuck trying to make the transition between a veneered panel and the frame of the lid look good, but that's one of the best solutions I've seen.
Can I ask how the lid was made? Is the bead integral to the frame timber of the lid, or is it a separate strip of wood?
The entire box looks very crisp indeed - I can really see the hours that went into this !
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17th April 2013, 10:10 PM #5SENIOR MEMBER
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WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Greg
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17th April 2013, 10:10 PM #6
Beautiful work, just magnificent.
Regards,
Rob
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17th April 2013, 10:20 PM #7
A good one and a half boxes, well done so far.
Looking forward to the completed photos.
RegardsHugh
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18th April 2013, 12:24 AM #8Senior Member
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Thanks for the comments guys
Mr Brush, the lid is made up of a framed ply panel then the sides rebated into that then moulding glued under that before rounding over the top edges to hide the joint line. The pic below is during construction and might show what I mean. Then the veneer was applied to another piece of ply and sized about 3mm smaller than the recess in the top and glued on with a gap between it and the edge of the top frame.
Then made some small moulding and rebated the bottom edge so it glued down in the gap and covered the edge of the veneered panel....this was pretty fiddly and I've done it slightly different on the second one.
Then inside I stretched the velvet over some foam glued to another piece of ply with the foam having a recess cut out slightly bigger than the mirror. Cut a few holes in the velvet to expose the ply and araldited the mirror on then glued the whole thing inside the lid. So the lid is quite weighty and was more work than the box exterior.
Hope I've answered your questions.
Cheers
Redgy
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18th April 2013, 12:26 AM #9Senior Member
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Love it. Especially the dovetail spline.
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18th April 2013, 07:44 AM #10Senior Member
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Absolutely stunning result. Both Wife and Daughter should be very excited to recieve gifts of that quality and will treasure them for a liftime. Well done.Brian.
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18th April 2013, 08:21 AM #11
An absolutely wonderful Job on both.
#1 Should make you the hero Dad
#2 Should get you out of the washing up for ever
Congratulations on both.
Cheers
Steve
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18th April 2013, 09:13 AM #12
Redgy.....excellent
A beautiful boxAnd my head I'd be a scratchin'
While my thoughts were busy hatchin'
If I only had a brain.
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18th April 2013, 09:29 AM #13
Splendid work. Both you and the recipients should be very proud.
CheersThere ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk!!
Tom Waits
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18th April 2013, 09:54 AM #14
Redgy - many thanks for the additional information and photo. If I understand correctly, the cross section through the lid panel and frame would look something like the sketch I have attached?
The black shaded portion is the strip of moulding.
Cheers
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18th April 2013, 09:59 AM #15
Also, can I ask where you got your veneer from for the lid panels? I'm a very small volume user, and have trouble finding good sources for those "special" bits of veneer for box lids, etc.
I've never clapped eyes on English Oak Burl veneer before !!
You have inspired me to finally do something with a spectacularly bright orange board of NG Rosewood I was given some time ago. Doesn't seem to have faded in 2 years, and there is JUST enough to do a box if resawn carefully.
Thanks again for posting pics of your amazing work
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