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11th September 2018, 10:32 AM #16
A good many hints here I'll be adopting.... the angled sanding sled, the brass rods for the details, the book press! Love that old book press!
The Behlan nitro is a good one, I also use that to great effect. It produces a fantastic hard shiny finish.
The roller has an excellent name - Brayer!
I think a hunk of UHMW is on the shopping list for next week too I did think your reasoning behind non-perfect alignment was a good one. Have to admit it has occupied my thoughts on most lid-chops....
With the banding, is this something you made directly yourself? It is very effective in its contrast. Ive resisted doing them in the past, but after having seen quite a few recently (that were particularly well executed) I'll have to give it a go.
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11th September 2018, 07:58 PM #17GOLD MEMBER
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Hi WP,
The brass pins are one of those things that look like they must have been done by a master, but in fact they’re the easiest thing to do. Just right for me They look particularly good against dark timbers.
Sometime in the next week or two I might do a post on the jigs I use, including the ones in this post. I think it could be helpful to newcomers. I particularly like my donkey ear!
UHMW is such useful stuff. I use it to edge low fences on the router table and table saw and to make runners for sleds. My small table saw is a Festool CS50 - i bought it mainly due to its small size but it does do a good job for boxmaking - and the mitre channels are not standard size. Of couse not, they’re Festool...... anyway, the UHMW allows me to make much smoother slides than with timber.
Haven’t tried the Behlen gloss yet as I’m still using their rattle cans and they only come in satin or semi-gloss. Must get a spray gun. Do you use HPLV turbine, an HVLP conversion gun or a regular compressor gun? Any recommendations?
Getting good quality inlay banding seems unbelievably difficult in Australia. All the stuff I’ve been able to source locally looks very cheap.
I spent some days recently learning to make banding with Andrew Crawford. However, I really need a drum sander and a source of figured English Sycamore. If it can source the latter I’ll buy the sander. Meanwhile I’m still buying from Andrew. Expensive but it does make the world of difference to have clean, sharp edges and quality timber in the banding. Watch this space!
Brian
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11th September 2018, 10:35 PM #18
Very nicely done Brian.... Cheers, crowie
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12th September 2018, 03:49 AM #19GOLD MEMBER
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its been a pleasure to watch and see how others do their thing, and no criticism, just praise, it should be well received. Me i like the whites, extremely pale timbers as much as the dark ones but I find it hard to prevent the yellowing effect. I like to know that it is white. just have to see how my Sllver ash box goes.
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23rd January 2019, 02:21 PM #20SENIOR MEMBER
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Beautiful box Brian. I love the step by step walkthrough. Can you share where you purchased the inlay banding strips from?
Jacques
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23rd January 2019, 06:49 PM #21GOLD MEMBER
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Hi Jacqes,
Thanks for the kind comments. This particular banding was purchased from Andrew Crawford in the UK. Not cheap but then it is absolutely top quality. His website and shop: hinges smartBoxmaker - Fine Wooden Boxes | smartBoxmaker smartHinges, smartLock, smartWare
i haven’t yet found a source of high quality bandings in Australia. Many are badly put together (gaps) or use end grain instead of side grain or are just overprinted on cheap timber or vary wildly in width along the banding. None that I’ve seen locally use high quality figured woods.
Small items like boxes make poor components stand out. I’ve made many of those mistakes. Now I’ll just use Andrew’s or Matt Furjanic’s (Inlay Banding, Ebony and Holly Wood Products). Otherwise I make my own .
Matt is in the US - you can find a number of his videos on YouTube. Andrew also has a couple of inlay banding videos on YT.
Regards,
Brian
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24th January 2019, 06:32 AM #23SENIOR MEMBER
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Thank you very much Brian, I will look them up.
Jacques
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26th January 2019, 02:34 PM #25Member
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Not to take away from Brian’s box but there was talk about banding and were to buy. One option is making your own. Steve Latta has a great how to DVD’s that I have and would recommend if you have interest in making your own. He will teach you from start to finish, from basic bandings to more elaborate ones.
https://www.lie-nielsen.com/product/...ental-bandings
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28th January 2019, 05:28 PM #26SENIOR MEMBER
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Thanks for the advice Woodtec. I watched it yesterday and todays task was to make my first banding. The top one was made using some walnut veneer and claret Ash for the white pieces. The bottom two sourced from Aliexpress.
More photos on my Instagram post at the link below.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtKwZHYg...=19difs71gy8er
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29th January 2019, 01:12 AM #27
If anyone happens to have a copy of the Steve Latta DVDs that they don't need, I'd be pleased to buy them off you (I'm skint!)
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3rd February 2019, 01:30 PM #28Member
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botesmj1, Glad I could be of help. They are great videos and bandings are easyer to make than a lot of people think.
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