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11th September 2018, 04:42 AM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Wife's Xmas present - Silver Ash/Wenge
Can't keep track of all that's going on, being pulled in several different directions, but as the man in the red suit will be coming soon, I thought I had better get cracking. I want to finish both before Xmas, this and the starburst.
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Silver ash panels and Wenge strips.
box has been rebated and butt joined
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Then rebates some more to give me the channels around the entire box perimeter 4mm x 4mm
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Then I carefully glued in the edging, mitering the corners, not 3 way, I butt joined the pillars.
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Once glue dried, I trimmed down with block plane flush, then rounded over.
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Then sanded nice and flush.
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I then separated the lid ready for the seperator strip to be glued on
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The box is actually on my sanding board, a 35mm thick jointed flat piece of 300 wide Blackbutt, nice and solid covered with 150grit paper. It does an awesome job of mating lid to base
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Next came the lip edging
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Sorry they are round the wrong way
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Sorry it's a bit dark.
more to follow.
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11th September 2018, 05:03 AM #2GOLD MEMBER
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Next came getting the insides sorted,
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This will be covered, so hopefully it all works out, it not its back to the drawing board and new card.
then came the tray supports and finally the tray
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11th September 2018, 09:02 AM #3GOLD MEMBER
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Very intricate, and looking goooood,..!
Paul
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11th September 2018, 11:20 AM #4
It's good to get some detailed WIP posts at the moment for those of us starting out and trying to learn all we can.
Dallas
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11th September 2018, 12:47 PM #5
Looking good
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11th September 2018, 03:10 PM #6GOLD MEMBER
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11th September 2018, 08:54 PM #7SENIOR MEMBER
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I think it looks fantastic. Such simple and clean lines. You have done well.
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11th September 2018, 10:32 PM #8
I got to see how this one finishes up... so far tops!
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12th September 2018, 11:25 AM #9GOLD MEMBER
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Looks great so far.
How have you found the Silver Ash to work? I made a coffee table out of it last year and found that it machined and sanded really well but was a bit brittle and uncooperative with hand tools. Any thoughts?
Cheers,
Luke
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12th September 2018, 03:59 PM #10GOLD MEMBER
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I love it, but very prone to warping if too high a moisture content. I bought a 200x35 piece and sliced it up, jointed and thicknesser and it actually released so much tension so fast that it warped whilst going through the drum sander. slightly susceptible to tear out, but I love the pale colour and sands well.
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12th September 2018, 04:01 PM #11GOLD MEMBER
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The front on picture wasn't exactly clear. And splines in the tray.
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12th September 2018, 11:35 PM #12SENIOR MEMBER
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A very nice looking box, it shows that it's not always necessary to have highly figured timber to achieve a great result.
Regards
Keith
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thank you, and yes i agree wholeheartedly. There is actually some slight features which i chose for the front, but with high gloss Ash goes reflective almost.
Its funny, this actually started out as a 10minute knock up to test a finishing procedure i wanted to try, but hen became too nice to be a test box, although I may keep going with my finishing plans as worst case scenario, i sand back to bare timber and start again with a different method
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Splines cut and sanded
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8th February 2019, 10:33 AM #15GOLD MEMBER
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After a small 3month hiatus, I finally managed to get back to the wires xmas present. I did however tell her I didn't say which Xmas she would get it......
anyhow, it's now her birthday present. So damn the thumb, full speed ahead.
heres some updated pics.
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Should have it finished in the next next week or so. Stay tuned.
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