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    Default Maple silkwood - huon pine box

    This is the 5th knitting needle box for my knitting tragic sister, made to her specs, mainly to take 26cm long knitting needles, a 40mm deep tray and 50 mm space under the tray. It had to have a wool heart on the lid, from a drawing she supplied, which I got laser engraved by our local NQ Trophy engraver.

    Had to be finished in time for her 70th birthday in 10 days time, and it takes a week to ship from Townsville to Sydney. So the last month has been a bit of a rush, especially when the finished tray was 1.0 mm too long, so I had to make a 2nd one, keeping that first tray for future. Too much rushing, skipping steps I would normally do, like sitting the tray sides in the box to check for size before gluing up the tray

    The resulting overall box dimensions were 300 x 200 x 135H with 12mm thick sides. The box is made from Maple Silkwood (flindersia pimenteliana) from up Tully NQ way, the lid is made of birdseye huon pine veneers I cut and epoxy glued to a 6mm MDF substrate. The 3mm wide stringing is Queen Ebony from the Solomon Island that I cut from a little board, and I am not sure if just installing the outer perimeter stringing by itself would have looked better. The tray is made of silky oak, not sure if it is southern or northern, as I was given it by a nephew in Sydney. Would welcome comments on which one it is.

    The mitre joints allow the grain to be continuous around all 4 corners

    The colours of the box are amazing, with lots of fiddle back. The appearance changes dramatically with the viewing angle and the light, so I have included a number of shots below to try and demonstrate this. Quite often the grain appears to be 3D, with the fiddleback to the foreground. ( photos # 7 & 8 are good examples)

    The hinges are polished brass SmartHinges, and the handles are polished brass as well

    The lining is made of dark green pool table wool /nylon mix, quite hard wearing, and the box and tray are finished with 3 coats of Kunos #244 clear penetrating oil.

    Hope she likes it
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    Dengy

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    Outstanding as always mate.

    I reckon the tray is Southern Silky. The grain appears that little bit tighter then Northern. Nice either way.

    Congratulations on another job well done.

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    Thanks for your kind comments, John, very much appreciated.

    I didn't know the grains were different until you pointed it out.

    I now agree that it is southern silky oak, as it the oil in the grain pores did not blister, thank goodness, as always happens with the larger open pores of northern SO that I have experienced in the past. And it is a real nuisance, having to vigourously rub down the box every hour or so the first day the oil is applied to the bare timber.
    regards,

    Dengy

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    Lovely work Dengue, nice choices of timber and design, and great workmanship.
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    Outstanding work and choice of timbers. Well done.

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    Excellent workmanship. I like the double stringing.

    Where red do you get your green felt from?

    cheers,

    ajw

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    Thanks ajw, esp about the double stringing.

    I got the lining from S R Sports on eBay, trading as ozsports. They will sell it by the metre

    I originally bought some for some dice trays ( see here) that I was making for my youngest son
    regards,

    Dengy

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