Thread: curved lid

This post is almost unreadable and therefore almost unanswerable. What size boxes are you talking about? I am imagining something about tissue box size.

If you can improve your writing/spelling there is a wealth of great advice and support here.

Peter.

You'll need an angle to make an arch. Rough it out on the saw and devise a kind of a shooting board to hand plane the final glue edge. Maybe put your plane in a vise and work each stave freehand.

glue 3 or 4 together on a form and correct the angle for the next 3 or 4 to join . You now have 6 or 8 joined. Repeat till arch is complete.

Use long sticks when you cut the angle on the saw for safety and a better cut.

The arch could be made from much thicker timber with fewer joins. Hollow the inside with a curved bottom plane. Finish the outside with a flat bottom plane. It will look more natural.

cvr-30, thanks for the PM. I would like to publicly apologise for the tone of my reply.

Sincerely,
Peter.

Originally Posted by cvr_30

hi i make boxes and would like to try a curved lid,out of solid slates i hace had a go at it but end up woth caps,i was wandering if i needed to put an angle on the slates with the table saw.my slates are 10mm*10mm.i could make a form and ise ply or a veneer stack.also information on measering for size of lid.so if u can help no a good website or book thanks

You mean like this ...

http://inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/C...ngaboxlid.html

Here is another I made ..



Regards from Perth

Derek