Thread: Jewelery Box for DIL

Very nice piece! Look's like some quality work, and DIL should be well pleased.

Just curious, why no mitre's on the jarrah edge on the lid?

Also, how did you go fitting those small hinge's, they look like they are quite close to the edge of the timber on the lid?

Love the flowing grain of the Camphor around the box.

Great job Bob.

What happens if you wax before 7 days?

Darren

Beautiful work Bob.

Matrix, thanks for the comments.

The lid was constructed using bridle joints. This can just be made out on the closed lid if you are looking for it. The open lid makes it look just like a but joint.

The hinge is flush fitted to the lid, but housed in a rebate on the body. The open lid makes the screws look very close to the edge. In fact there is a bevel on the underside of the lid and this is what can be seen in the photo. In actual fact the screw is a safe distance from the edge and is about 10mm deep.

Originally Posted by martrix

Very nice piece! Look's like some quality work, and DIL should be well pleased.

Just curious, why no mitre's on the jarrah edge on the lid?

Also, how did you go fitting those small hinge's, they look like they are quite close to the edge of the timber on the lid?

Love the flowing grain of the Camphor around the box.

As you well know Mitres are "Evil" Thats why!!!

Ross

that's beautiful; love the colours in the wood

Darren, Organoil recommends a minimum of 14 days between applying danish oil and the wax coat. then a further 5 days for the wax to cure. I can only assume that the wax would blend with the oil if applied any earlier, rather than sit on top of it.

Nice work Bob, good contrasting colours and grain matching

Beautiful box: love the colours in the two timbers.

How do you do the base mouldings on such a box? Does the box sit in a rebate? Do you allow for expansion at that point?

Also: for the first time, I'm about to put felt in the bottom of a box. How did you do it?

Have a greeny.

Zenwood, thanks for the feedback. The base is glued straight onto the box. It is a very narrow base frame with no stress on it - just supports the box. If expansion is likely to be an issue then just glue the base via the grain run pieces. However, in this case the base grain is always running with the body grain.

For the felt lining I used felt from Spotlight. This one comes with an adhesive back (you can also get felt with no adhesive backing). I think the size is about 240 x 300mm for $4.00+. I found that when when the backing is removed the felt shrinks about 1/2 - 1mm, so you might have to allow for this.

Great box Bob. I used camphor on mine recently. It's a nice timber for small box work. Well done.

Originally Posted by zenwood

Also: for the first time, I'm about to put felt in the bottom of a box. How did you do it?

Zen, you can also use a can of spray adhesive to stick down the felt. Cut the felt to size, spray the bottom of the box and put the felt on it.

Great looking bok bob

The camphor looks great. does and one have the scientific name for Champher?

Neat looking box.

Superb looking box, the colours of those timbers complement each other perfectly.

Cheers