Thread: Old Bloodwood box

Nice box Paul. What finish do you use?

Hi Paul,
Great contrasts (and hinges) .... nice finish too.

Can you tell us about the process please.

Looks like the mitred frame for the lid had the inlayed strip attached before it was cut to size.

It took me a while to figure out that when attempting the same look as your box (with large pattern inlays) that I get a matched corner outcome if I first cut that part of the frame that has the inlay strip to size (sometimes I can just flip over the strip to get the other side of the corner, other times I have to waste a bit of the strip to match the edge pattern).

I can then glue the already mitre cut pieces to the uncut outer (plain) strip ..... leaving a 15mm gap between the glued on pieces.

I can then complete the mitre cut using the angles of the glued on inlay strip and just trimming by a whisker.

I have had good success in this way for getting corners matched for ornate inlays with larger patterns.

Great work..

Rob

Hi all, and thanks for your nice comments. The finish I use is the same I use on every box. Two coats of my own home made Danish Oil, second coat is cut in with 800 W&D (wet). Then two coats of buffed in wax, slightly cut it also. My wife has a lot of allergies and asthma, and oils that contain tung oil etc, is a big NO NO for her. To be honest I really cant handle the smell of it myself.

Yes I made the inlay strip and glued it to my mitre frame, prior to framing up with the insert in it. It would be very difficult to get every corner matching and perfect, there probably is a way to do that, but I certainly just left it wherever it met.

Paul