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    Default A Very Conventional Jewellery Box

    Hi all,

    For some time now my wife has been wanting "her" jewellery box. She bought some sassafras timber one day we were at Trend Timbers, but it wasn't enough to make the box she designed. So I had a fair bit of recycled baltic pine, which I used for the entire box carcass and also the drawers. I used her sassafras for the drawer fronts. Very happy with the final result. The overall size is 290x260x160. My oil/wax finish come up beautiful.

    Paul
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    How neat is that, Paul, well done.

    Particularly liked the mitre joints on the carcase, with the rest of the joint dovetailed or finger jointed? How did you do that?

    Would be interested in what runners you did for the drawers.The drawer handles are pretty nice too. Are they splined to the front or screwed in from the back?

    Just how big is this box,Paul, bit hard to tell from the pics?

    Thanks for sharing your work
    regards,

    Dengy

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    Excellent use of the sassy Paul!!

    Conventional it may be but your use of the recycled pine
    was a master stroke!

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    Hi there Gentlemen and thanks for your comments. To answer your questions. I started with the main sides of the box (150mm wide) and routered a 6mm slot into the sides, all the way across, using my fence and a 6mm straight bit. Did both sides after each other, then moving the fence for the next cut etc. This is of course for the runners. You can then see the end of my cut as I went all the way through. I then sliced up some runners on my table saw 6mm x about 10mm and glued them into the slots. But then after all this was done I cut up some more 10mmx10mm pieces and glued then on the front with the mitre joint at the top. This then hid the slots that you could previously see, acted as a stopped housing joint, and also allowed me 10mm for the sassafras drawer fronts to sit in to.

    The first dovetail joints at the top were done with my Gifkins jig. The drawer handles, I cut a 6mm slot into the sassafras and cut handles to fit neat.

    Overall size 290x260x160.

    Paul

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    Hi Pauls,

    Also curious bit more on the mitered dovetails.

    I also have a Gifkins jig so am curious. Did you miter wood first then use the jig or did you cut dovetils then miter ( if thats even possibe?).

    Cheers and a great use of Sassy.

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    Hello Hellowfellow, Hmmm, perhaps my photos do look a bit deceiving. Initially I worked on 3 sides only. 2 sides and 1 top. I did a normal dovetail joint on those, with my Gifkins jig, just like you normally make a box, but without the 4th side (or end).

    That was after I routered the slots in those 2 sides for the runners of course and glued the runners in. Then I put a back on it, also from baltic pine.

    After that I cut some 10x10 pieces of baltic pine, making a mitre joint in the top corner, just for appearance. By glueing that separate front on, my slots for the runners went from a through housing joint to a stopped housing joint.

    Speaking of the Gifkins jig, I called in to see Col Hosie last week, bought a couple more bits and pieces from him. He is a very helpful man.

    Regards, Paul

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    It might be a 'very conventional' jewellery box, but it looks very damn nice just the same - well done
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    Hi Paul, what timber did you use for the drawer handles? Blends very nicely with the sasafras.
    Well done!
    regards,

    Dengy

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    Very nice neat box with lovely timber.

    Your workmanship shows through with consistent draw shut lines, neat dovetail joins and a nice finish to cap it off.

    I think it looks great.

    Steven.

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    Well done, bet her indoors is happy now
    Regards Rumnut.

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    Hi there, sorry I didn't reply earlier, I haven't been checking out this forum for a bit as I/we are tripping around Western Australia for 5 weeks. Just opened up this forum site and realised you asked me what timber did I use on the drawer handles. Was the same timber as the drawer fronts, sasafras.

    Yes the box is still sitting on my wife's dressing table.

    Talking about Western Australia I was a bit disappointed that I haven't seen that many fine woodwork shops whilst over here. I think about 3 in total. One between Albany and Walpole. Another at Pemberton and another at Hilary's Boat Harbour Perth. Some very nice boxes in those ones. Naturally mainly using jarah and karri.

    Paul

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    Thanks for the reply, Paul. Half your luck, 5 weeks in WA. Sounds like you missed a couple of great galleries in Margaret River. Did you like the Gold’n Grape Gallery in Pemberton?
    Years and years ago I was based in Albany for 2 years, before I was interested in woodwork. If only....
    regards,

    Dengy

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