Thread: Tea lady's lidded box "Fred!"

I hate boxes. Whose idea was this anyway!

Finally got to go out and try to finish my first little box. Finished turning the other half. Lid fitted well. But then I couldn't get the lid to stay on to get its top properly finished. Swear curse. Retrieve from various places round the shed.
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Can you see the dings. :waah:
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I tried to sand the bumps off so it didn't get so many shocks, but no. Maybe I just do the flange a bit small or something?

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Maybe make a deeper jamb chuck so that leverage doesn't lift it off. So.... rummage,,, turn.....fiddle. ....get tissue...... slightly wet it cos is still not gripping it quite enough. OK! Muddle through. Manage to get it kinda finished. As long as I photograph it out of focus no one will know.
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Base stays a bit better. After jamming little bits of veneer around it as well.
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Anyway! I have to call it finished now. Lots of things wrong with it. Not least of which is that I couldn't get the finish to sink in cos I couldn't get enough pressure on. Too frustrated now to touch it any more. Think I need a cup of tea.

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Never mind, Tea Lady. The box looks OK - and it was your idea afterall.

Plenty of days left to go in the month. So next box, please put some details between the lid and the base.

I hope you can call through here next weekend. Some dirty, dusty redgum posts ready for you to practice on. (Not good for boxes though).

Looks ok to me - maybe needs a nob.

Originally Posted by ElizaLeahy

Looks ok to me - maybe needs a nob.

(Acshully the lid fits so tighly you've got to pick it up and pull it apart. )

I love the patterns in the lid - you can make them into things like you can with ink blots.

Let it rest overnight and the lid might fit perfectly or be stuck solid!

Looks good in the pix, AM.

A dremel with a felt buffing wheel is a convenient method for applying friction finish when pieces can't be remounted...

Hi Anna-Maria

nice clean lines finished well what is the finish it looks good.

Chers Tony

take it that after all the difficulties any future "Freds" are off the drawing board

Hang in TL, can't hit a home run every time up to bat.

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Looks good in the pix, AM.

A dremel with a felt buffing wheel is a convenient method for applying friction finish when pieces can't be remounted...

so can you tel Hubby that I need a Dremel please.

Originally Posted by Tony Morton

Hi Anna-Maria

nice clean lines finished well what is the finish it looks good.

Chers Tony

I use "shithot Wax on this one cos I can't get the lid off my Shellawax. There is not enought on i thtough. When I geot it insde to proper liting I could see that patches of it were dry. Need to mount that reading light I haver sittin gon the shelf. Doesn't do much unless it is plugged in.

Originally Posted by Ed Reiss

take it that after all the difficulties any future "Freds" are off the drawing board

Hang in TL, can't hit a home run every time up to bat.

Why not? Oh well. Shrug: Onwards and upwards. I have one more bit of table leg off cut. I'll make the bottom of the box with something else. maybe Blackwood. I think that will tone in nicely. I like the endgrain laminated effect. It reminds me of "oyster veneer" that Wouldwood was showing us once. Maybe I'll have to laminate some other wood up myself. That wattle that fell down last year perhaps.

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Looks good in the pix, AM.

A dremel with a felt buffing wheel is a convenient method for applying friction finish when pieces can't be remounted...

Was going to try the dremel for just that on a couple of pens
Skew, thanks for the confirmation the idea will work

Hey TL's huppy "Anne-Maria needs a Dremel for Father's day!"

Originally Posted by Sawdust Maker

Hey TL's huppy "Anne-Maria needs a Dremel for Father's day!"

Someone's got to wear the pants round here. :work:

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Looks good in the pix, AM.

A dremel with a felt buffing wheel is a convenient method for applying friction finish when pieces can't be remounted...

Actually, I've got a little elcheapo small drill thingy I got from Dick Smiths years ago. Doesn't drill straight, but maybe that would work for buffing. Where does one get the little felt wheels from? Or can I make home made pom-pom ?

The el-cheapo should work fine.

You should be ale to buy the parts from any Dremel stockist. I bought my last bits at Bunnnies. I think I paid around $10 for the arbour and have been paying about $11 for new packs of felt pads.

I keep my disks in seperate zip-lock bags, one just for EEE, one for Shellawax & one for Shithot waxsticks.

Originally Posted by Sawdust Maker

Was going to try the dremel for just that on a couple of pens
Skew, thanks for the confirmation the idea will work

Yeah, they work fine for me. It's how I've been dressing the edges on my winged bowls after cutting off the sacrificial pieces.

Also very handy for cleaning up a Shellawax finish when, no matter what you do, it comes up "ridged."

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

The el-cheapo should work fine.

You should be ale to buy the parts from any Dremel stockist. I bought my last bits at Bunnnies. I think I paid around $10 for the arbour and have been paying about $11 for new packs of felt pads.Off to Bunnings ....again.

I keep my disks in seperate zip-lock bags, one just for EEE, one for Shellawax & one for Shithot waxsticks. Oh Very organized.



Yeah, they work fine for me. It's how I've been dressing the edges on my winged bowls after cutting off the sacrificial pieces.

Also very handy for cleaning up a Shellawax finish when, no matter what you do, it comes up "ridged."