Thread: black walnut bandsaw box

so now I have started.
I have cut off the back of the box and the drawers and the outside shape.
but when I was gluing the main box back together I hit a really big problem, when I glued the incisions back together the parts between the drawers had snapped off! after that I had glued it up and glued the brocken bits back together and hopefully it will be ok when I glue the back on.

Hi Ross i have just been muckinging around with wy old band saw trying to make some of these boxes,I have trouble cuting sharp curves,I have a 1/2'' band,can i run a smaler band?

HI ELI SZOKO
Yes you can use smaller blades , when makeing bandsaw boxes you will need 6mm ten teeth per inch, and 3/16 ten teeth per inch to cut tight corners.
john

hey eli I use a 6tpi 3/8" blade and I managed to turns like in the picturealso for harder woods like sassafras or walnut you might want to go down to a 6tpi 3/8" instead of a 3/16" 10tpi because that will easily break with thick hard woods but with thick pine it is fine

Did you break the cross drawer bottom supports? I did that very thing, not allowing a decent thickness for the bases. I had a few problems of getting my sides to thin as well. I've fix that. Most of my cuts are with a 3/16" 10pti.

From you last pic, are you using a blade stabilizer??

Glenn

I dont glue the cuts for that reason and I use them to enhance the piece, but then that is my preference. I make a lot of these and just bevel the cut to show it off also.

thanx ross for the very handy and easy to understand info.Nice boxes by the way.

mr pederson: yes the draw supports had broken off but a bit of glue fixed that
and yes I was using blade stabilizers in the picture.

Seer: yes I will have to try that some day but do you glue the entry cut or not

Eli szoko: thanks for the feed-back and I wish you luck with your future projects!

and by the way guys a warning with using black walnut it seriously smells like some one has puked but it looks fantastic
I will post the finished picture tonight

Originally Posted by Ross arnold

Seer: yes I will have to try that some day but do you glue the entry cut or not

I sure don't I take a sharp chisel or sandpaper and round the cut edge over. Seems imho to make the box look better kinf f like a defining line. I have a post here with the latest to where the drawers are fully enclosed and I left the cut line open.

Nice work. Looks great.

hey guys sorry but I had thought I had already posted the final photo but it seems I didn't :/
any way here is the finished box, I sanded it up to 300 grit and finished it with grape seed oil. hope you like it.

HI ROSS
nice work on your box is it your own design
john.

Very nice box, finish it great, At least you managed to sort out the glueing up.

Looks like I will have to get around to making some now that my bandsaw has arrived all that is needed is a smaller blade to get tighter corners

Originally Posted by John T

HI ROSS
nice work on your box is it your own design
john.

thanks John yes I designed the box myself and thanks for the kind words.