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1st May 2019, 10:42 PM #1
Australian red cedar & Qld silver ash trinket boxes.
Earlier this year I was given a large amount of Australian red cedar. Most of it is in large recycled boards, but there were some small pieces that had been pigeon-hole dividers. I also happened to have some offcuts of Qld silver ash, and a bit of spare time while waiting for a part to be supplied by the client for my next commission. What to make?
I decided to make a batch of five small legged boxes, approximately 140mm square, just in time for Mothers Day.
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1st May 2019, 10:48 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
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Lovely boxes, Alex. Interesting design. Both are beautiful timbers. What are they finished with?
Brian
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1st May 2019, 11:26 PM #3
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2nd May 2019, 11:00 AM #4
Nice design makes them look lighter than if they were sitting flat on a table. How do you cut the vee in the legs to fit the corners?
Dallas
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Yes as all the comments above and I'm also intersted as to how you did the "V" at the corner legs. I can only assume it was carefully and painstakingly done by hand.
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2nd May 2019, 11:22 AM #6
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5th May 2019, 06:05 PM #7
I was of two minds about showing this, as it's not something I suggest others do. I spent quite a while thinking about all the things that could go wrong, and how I'd avoid them. If you plan to try this, please do the same. Remember, the workpiece is small, the push stick is close to the blade and so are your fingers. What will happen if something slips? You won't have time to react, so plan your work so that your hands won't go towards the blade, and nothing will be thrown towards you. A push stick is a safety tool, but not if it gets driven through your wrist.
I cut the 'V' on the tablesaw.
Using pieces of scrap the same thickness as the legs as test pieces, and a 45* zero clearance insert, I set the fence and the blade height so that it cut out half the 'V'. You need to be sure that the blade only cuts into the face that will have the 'V', not the side of the leg.
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Using a push stick that I made years ago for holding pieces close to the blade, I cut both halves of the V.
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5th May 2019, 06:59 PM #8GOLD MEMBER
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Is the blade something you've had specially sharpened to a flat top grind Alex?
If possible it's always safer to do these types of cuts on a larger section of stock and then cut it to the final dimension. Of course that's assuming you have the material in a larger section to begin with.
I'm a big believer in just letting things fly when I feel anything going wrong when working close to the blade. And, of course, there are those of us who should never attempt a cut like this. Good job pointing out the potential pitfalls.
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5th May 2019, 07:41 PM #9
Thanks for the info. It all makes sense now.
Dallas
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5th May 2019, 07:52 PM #10Is the blade something you've had specially sharpened to a flat top grind Alex?
If possible it's always safer to do these types of cuts on a larger section of stock and then cut it to the final dimension.
I'm a big believer in just letting things fly when I feel anything going wrong when working close to the blade.
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Could a v-groove router bit do the job? Still need to keep fingers away.
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6th May 2019, 09:08 AM #12
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7th May 2019, 06:32 PM #13
As always, nice work Alex.
And my head I'd be a scratchin'
While my thoughts were busy hatchin'
If I only had a brain.
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