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24th December 2017, 02:33 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Purple heart / huon pine jewellery box
Made this jewellery box for one of my daughter's for Xmas, and was still fitting hinges at 6am this morning. It is the box that didn't want to be made, resisting me at every turn over the past 12 months. Virtually has to rebuild it two or 3 times in places. Mostly my poor workmanship, not taking enough care.
The measurements are 100 x 200 x 300 and the wall thickness is 8mm. Because of the thin walls, I had to fit the 6 x 35 mm strap hinge flush with the inside edge, and ground the rounded ends of each hinge flat for a better appearance.
The huon pine lid was resawn from a larger piece, and separated with a loud bang like a pistol shot. A highly stressed piece of timber, but came up well. My daughter particularly like the appearance of a constellation in the grain "the big bang constellation". It is floating in a 4mm wide slot around the top of the box sides, and the grain patterns change with the viewing angle.
The mitred joints are epoxy glued, without keys or hidden splines
Finished with Kunos #244 oil, and the base liners for the tray and the box are suede mat board, epoxied into position. Normally I use double sided tape, but it would not stick to the oiled base.
in some of the photos below it is difficult to distinguish between the corners of the tray and the black suede lining. That's exactly how it is without the camera.
Gift was delivered at lunch time today, very well received
Merry Christmas everyone, and I hope 2018 brings you lots of happiness and satisfaction with your woodworking
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24th December 2017, 04:08 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
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Very nice.
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24th December 2017, 04:40 PM #3
Beautiful job - well worth the effort
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24th December 2017, 05:08 PM #4SENIOR MEMBER
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Excellent job. Congrats on your craftsmanship. I haven't use purpleheart. Does it retain that colour over time?
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24th December 2017, 05:18 PM #5GOLD MEMBER
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24th December 2017, 05:30 PM #6GOLD MEMBER
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cava, I got mine a couple of years ago at Trend Timbers, near Richmond in NSW. Not cheap, but my wife spotted it and wanted it.
ajw, it is quite a hard and somewhat brittle timber, and I believe it eventually turns grey over a long time. Interesting timber in that when you cut or plane it, it does go grey, but recovers its beautiful deep purple colour when exposed to UV (sunlight) over a few days.
The Kunos oil definitely made it come to life.regards,
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24th December 2017, 06:17 PM #7GOLD MEMBER
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24th December 2017, 06:44 PM #8Novice
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My wife bought a cutlery service for our youngest son and his wife. Unfortunately it came in a cardboard box, so I was commissioned to make a wooden box from Tassie oak. I decided to make box coming joints which I hadn't made for about 50 years. Haven't finished it so the cutlery will be delivered tomorrow and the box finished as time allows.
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24th December 2017, 07:21 PM #9
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24th December 2017, 07:26 PM #10
So......is the general consensus that if you finish purple heart with Kunos (or similar) and keep it in a normal position with typical exposure to light, it'll retain the colour? Never tried any myself, but seeing this box makes me interested to have a go. It would look nice paired with some figured rock maple, methinks.
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24th December 2017, 07:27 PM #11
Ah....just found this, which suggests there is a bit more to keeping the colour
"When freshly cut the heartwood of Purpleheart is a dull grayish/purplish brown. Upon exposure the wood becomes a deeper eggplant purple. With further age and exposure to UV light, the wood becomes a dark brown with a hint of purple. This color-shift can be slowed and minimized by using a UV inhibiting finish on the wood. For more information, see the article Preventing Color Changes in Exotic Woods."
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24th December 2017, 07:36 PM #12GOLD MEMBER
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Did you cut the slots for the hinges by hand?
T'was the morning before Christmas and at 6am I went to put the tray in, take photos of the finished article and gift wrap the box, when I found the tray wouldn't fit properly because of the overhanging hinges. Well, it would fit, if you didn't mind the scratches down the ends of the tray.
Next 4 hours this morning spent removing the hinges, drilling and plugging the 8 screw holes with 2.5mm bamboo skewers, very carefully widening the four areas for the hinges to sit on the top of sides using a very sharp chisel, then drilling new holes, tapping and fitting hinges again.
Then photographing, wrapping and delivering. Been a long morning that cut badly into our cleanup for visitors tomorrow.
Merry Christmas Alex, looking forward to more inspiration and lessons from your work in 2018regards,
Dengy
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24th December 2017, 08:22 PM #13SENIOR MEMBER
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That Huon pine lid has a lot of character and contrasts well with the PurpleHeart. Persistence paid off.
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25th December 2017, 09:29 AM #14Skwair2rownd
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One very spiphphy box indeed!!
I have to agree with all the above comments, especially regarding the thin sides and that wonderful Huon lid!!
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27th December 2017, 09:29 PM #15GOLD MEMBER
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Hey there Joe
I love that box, very nice indeed. I can say that Purple Heart is a very hard timber. I come by a 2 meter length of it by about 280mm x 40mm, a couple of months ago. I am currently making two guitars from it. Check out my WOP in the Guitar section. I must put a couple more pics in there, as I have progressed somewhat since the last pics. I am not sure if I will try a box from my leftover offcuts due to the hardness of that timber. I'll see. When I was down at Mal's (Boutique Timbers) some weeks ago he reckons a length that size would be worth $400 to $500, so its certainly not a cheap timber.
Great looking box Joe,
Paul
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