A Couple of Boxes

[mrpedersen]

And G'Day everyone, I've been slow at getting these done, spent New Years Eve in O.R and a few weeks recouping .. Better now and making more sawdust.

These are L.K. Ventura design , and have enjoyed making them. The left box I used the blue pine (beetle pine) it is 8 1/2"h x 5" w x 4" d. The finish started out with 2 coats of white shellac and had some strange results, It got every gummy, but finally realized that the shellac was 2 1/2 yrs. Used some metho and removed what I could then applied some new light amber to the carcas only and left the drawer fronts as is. Kind of give it a unique look. Final coat 2 coats of wax. Drawer handles are ebonized and the interior is black flocking.

The right one is lodgepole pine and is 10 1/2"h x 6 3/4"w x 4"d. It is finished with 4 coats of tung oil. Drawer pulls are mahogany. Interior is finished with a blue flocking. For both I still need to attach some felt strips to the drawer bottoms, sure are slippery.

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back of boxes , interior.

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The next pic shows a couple boxes waiting for the final edging and sanding. This is the blue pine timber and will be finished with a sealer and clear lacquer or clear WOP. Want to try to preserve as much of the color as possible.

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And then a couple to be cut, the dome shaped one is the chest cutoff from "big bird" - I think it was my last posting.

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Also, after getting back home a friend gave me a scroll saw, never used one before. So just finished recycling an old bedside table to make a mobile cart for it,, and even has some drawer space for 'anything'.

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should be fun to get to know it,
comments always welcome,

Glenn

[BobR]

Some nice work there Glenn. Looks like you have a few projects on the go at the moment.

[Sculptured Box]

Glenn

Thank you for posting your work here, good work.

You can have fun now with the combined use of the bandsaw & scroll saw, I look forward to seeing the results!

[John T]

HI GLEN
Two very nice boxes keep up the good work and i'm sure the felt will work fine
regards john.

[mrpedersen]

Well finally warming up here, just need to do a shop cleanup, some dusting then I can get out of the basement. Lots of sanding ahead and of course the scroll saw time, want to try to put an 1/2 or an hour a day on it to start.

Previously I've only used a basic dust mask and hearing plugs. A week ago I did pick up a good face mask and headphones. Stuff is starting to bother a wee bit at times.

thanks for your replies,
glenn

[munruben]

Great work. looks terrific.

[Peter36]

Nice boxes and the handles on the first box look great. Were they carved and just glued on?

[mrpedersen]

Hi, for both boxes I cut the basic shape using a coping saw, pine and some old mahogany baseboard I have (lots of it), sanded them on a belt sander to get the over all shape ( used a small pair of vise grips to hold them - save the pinky's). Then used these files and emery boards to fine tune them.

I have found this set of little files very useful. $12.00. The red handled set contains a square, flat-round, 2 triangular, round and a flat file. 'Jobmate Brand'. For the finer sanding I like the bigger emery board, very good as its fine and finer grit, plastic core, flexible and water proof.

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I used epoxy to glue them, on the smaller box I had removed most of the bad shellac, but for safety's sake I scrapped the surface area to ensure a good contact. So far it seems ok.

Had a little boo-boo with the flocking. I sealed the cavity with acrylic paint, black. Then when applying the glue I missed a few spots as the glue is black also. At least its repairable with another touch up. In the future I'll make sure the sealer is a little lighter that the paint. Think the old eyeballs are playing tricks on me.

glenn

[artme]

Nice work on the boxes Glen>>

Neat set of filess too.

[tdrumnut]

Nice work Glen love the shapes.

[Dalboy]

Great pair of boxes
This is something I have fancied doing but it is a little hard without a bandsaw. But will be rectified on Tuesday when a new one will arrive.

[mrpedersen]

Thanks Diggerdelaney, About a year ago I tried to make a small box with a 10" er, and dull blade and a 1/5th HP. Did my research and had one shortly after. I really it enjoy this facet of woodworking and if your creative even better.

glenn.

[Dalboy]

Thanks Glenn will spend a day or so just setting the saw up before I start. Also have to finish a couple of jobs already started. So much I want to make or have a go at but not enough shed time.

[TKO]

High Diggerdelaney, Like the boxes , so does the missus, would like to have a go at that but would not know how you do it .

Edwin.

[Dalboy]

High Diggerdelaney, Like the boxes , so does the missus, would like to have a go at that but would not know how you do it .

Edwin.

The boxes are Glenn's