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20th March 2019, 03:49 PM #1SENIOR MEMBER
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Small White Oak box
It's been a bit quiet over here so I thought I'll add some photos of another one of my boxes for your leisure. [emoji16]
This one 'n call Oak-on-Oak since both the box and the inlays are from the same board of white oak. Only difference is that I fumed the box with ammonia in an attempt to reproduce big oak. As you can see it failed miserably but still have a nice contrast [emoji57]
The chamfered corners was to fix a mistake, two of my miter keys broke short whilst sawing then off.
Its finished off with some wax only.
Hope you enjoy.
Jacques
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20th March 2019, 03:52 PM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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My mistake, I'd blame it on old age. The finish is Danish oil, not wax [emoji848]
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20th March 2019, 06:41 PM #3GOLD MEMBER
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Nice box. The contrast in the timber worked out very nicely even though it wasn't what you were aiming for.
For we hobbyists I reckon a good recovery from error or misfortune is half the battle - you've carried it off with aplomb.
How big is the box? That's a mighty small plane!
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20th March 2019, 06:58 PM #4GOLD MEMBER
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Hi Jacques,
How were you cutting the mitre keys? I don’t use them much (except on trays) but when I do I cut from the outside in to help prevent breakout. I use a Japanese saw with a very fine kerf and tape the sufaces next to the cut so I don’t dig into the box. I finish off with a very sharp 25mm chisel.
Either this an a very large box or that’s a very small plane sitting on the box?
cheers,
Brian
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20th March 2019, 07:22 PM #5SENIOR MEMBER
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Haha, it's a massive box.......
No, not really. It is relatively small box, 200mm across, 120mm deep, 80mm or so high .
The small plane that sneaked into the photo is my Marx miniature. See the photo next to my #4 1/2. It's a toy but does take a shaving since its got a steel body and blade.
I use miter keys a lot as I like to use mitred corners on my boxes. At first I didn't pay much attention how I chop off the excess but after this box I try to only cut from the outside in with my japanese saw. Never had a breakage since.
Whats interesting from my fuming exercise was how deep it penetrated into the timber. The sides are roughly 12mm thick and you can see at the back between the hinges are a circular piece where it didn't fully penetrate. It revealed itself after I chopped off the lid as the fuming was done before I assembled the box. It basically penetrated throughout the 12mm pieces all around the box. I might play around with it some more.
Jacques
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20th March 2019, 11:51 PM #6
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21st March 2019, 03:12 AM #7GOLD MEMBER
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I love it. And there are no such things as mistakes (just makers marks), lets call them SDR's for short (Slight Design Revisions). I am the KING of SDR.
+1 for what Homey said, tape the box around the spline, Japanese flush saw then either sand or chisel off (me, I sand, as I'm as subtle as a sledge hammer).
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