Thread: Small White Oak box

My mistake, I'd blame it on old age. The finish is Danish oil, not wax [emoji848]

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!

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

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

I reckon that's a nice result with the fuming, even if it's not what you initially wanted. The outcome is a nice box in all respects.

PS Love the bonsai plane.

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).