Thread: Enlarged miniature trinket box

Hi all, Recently I put up pics of that set of miniature trinket boxes that I copied from watching the Gifkin Col show. So using pretty much the same technique as Col used on the small boxes I made a large one. Naturally I didn't use the 1/8th brass rods like in the little ones.

I used 6mm brass tubing and 5mm brass rods for the pivot action. Naturally a couple of minor adjustments to Col's as the timber is 12mm instead of 9mm. But if you get the measurements right, the lids sits open very securely at a nice 95 degrees.

Interesting timber used here, Black Pine (the lighter timber) and Snakewood for the ends. The lid is old offcuts from a Hairy Oak Slab.

I've just sliced up all my remaining Black Pine and Snakewood to make another 8 of these same boxes. I didn't even know I had this Black Pine till going through my stock pile looking for something and found a couple of big lengths of it a mate from Lithgow gave me about 10 years ago.

I'm in the "getting rid of stuff" mode. Been selling a lot of things I don't want or use anymore. All my pen making stuff, chisels etc, gone plus various other things.

Paul