Thread: Second box - first off the Hammer...

Beautiful box, with excellent craftmanship. I love the hinges - very elegant.

cheers,

ajw

Awesome vern!!....the box, the catch, those hindges all looks very speccy!!

Vern, Your attention to detail , being either round or square is exceptional. A beautiful box in all aspects, may there be many more. cheers John.

Excellent job Vern! All the details are great.

So, how's the Hammer?

Btw, I like the old box too.

Superb. I think you have made some exceptional hinges , the contrast between the Queensland maple and the gidgee is just right. I agree with you regarding the maple, it is great to work with and finishes beautifully.
The extras in the detail of the tray really set the piece off when you open the box. What did you use to finish the box?
You deserve a gold star for this one.

A very nice box, lovely timber in the lid. A real credit to you and your new machine.
Best wishes for you and your futre projects.

Alan..

Thanks for all the comments - very much appreciated

Originally Posted by FenceFurniture

Excellent job Vern! All the details are great.

So, how's the Hammer?

Btw, I like the old box too.

Loving the Hammer - everything I thought it would be and then some. Have only found one annoyance but I'll get used to it - have to wind the thicknesser table down to 150mm before you can flip the dust chute back to convert back to planing - wastes all those valuable seconds . The box was actually built without a single pencil mark on the timber right up until I had to use the router to inset the hinges. I've never used a machine before where you can use the stops and gauges to measure everything accurately - awesome stuff!!

Originally Posted by Ruddy

Superb. I think you have made some exceptional hinges , the contrast between the Queensland maple and the gidgee is just right. I agree with you regarding the maple, it is great to work with and finishes beautifully.
The extras in the detail of the tray really set the piece off when you open the box. What did you use to finish the box?
You deserve a gold star for this one.

'Qld Myrtle' Ruddy, 'Myrtle' . Denser grain and a bit heavier than Qld Maple and it has an unusual 'fleck' through the entire tree that shows up on both quarter and back sawn boards. The attached pic of a cross section of the tree shows the reason for the 'fleck' (for lack of a better term).
The finish is sanding sealer followed by 3 coats of F/W Scandinavian Oil using a slightly different technique which seems to work better while it is so hot and humid - rubbing it off ASAP instead of letting it tack-up like the manufacturer suggests.

That's a sweet looking cross-section Vern.

You know, I don't think we pay enough attention to end grain. If you thicknessed that up on your new supertoy it'd look very speccy. How long will that take you (i.e. when will you be back with the pic )

with FF.

As for the box it is gorgeous!!!

That is very nice box sir.

Excellent design and very well executed. A real credit to you sir.....
Jim

Originally Posted by TTIT

The lid is floating and I fluked the amount of space for movement just right - 80% humidity in the house with the swampy running at present and the insert just fills the lid frame nicely. Used a piece of Camphor Laurel for the bottom insert but left more room for movement. You'll notice the tray sits neatly in the bottom of the box if turned 90 degrees - clever design - nup! - complete fluke actually

Beautiful work.
I would like to know more about the floating nature of the lid panel, I can't really see how you have achieved it

10/10. Well done. Beautiful box, great timber colours.

Lovely lovely box Vern.
How do you make your hinges? (Forgive me if you have posted how to elsewhere)