Thread: Not another Jewellery box!

Lovely work Evan. Very interesting grain on the box.

Tex

Well done Evan. You could have had a floating lid

Ev, fantastic job you have done, bet your `ol girl was stoked. The veneer job looks first rate and im glad you found it easier than you first imagined. Now i hope you keep it up and make each veneer job just a tad harder than the last. Practice will make you do it perfect. And i loved your attempt at a floating lid by swapping the polarity Greenie reserved till your old enough to recieve them

You know it may just be a great idea you stumbled on that came from a mistake

Alter the hinge depth at the back so its the same gap distance you have when the poles are the same at the front. Then you will have a true "floating" lid Hmmm got me thinking now Worth a try ey

2 Tex's its a conspiracy I tell ya!

Great work Tex

Nice job. Every jewellery box deserves a greeny

Originally Posted by Tex79

Hi all,

The second set of photo's are of my first attempt at a Jewellery box which I made for the old girl as a Chrissy present. The timber used is redgum which is just mitred and glued.

I am always amused at the casual nature in which people refer to mitre joints. If the truth be known, these are amongst the most difficult joints to get exact. You seem to have done so. You state that these are glued. Did you use a spline or any other technique to strengthen their inherent weakness?

Nice job! A greenie from me is on its way.

Thanks guys for your comments,

Lignum I think you might be onto something with the floating lid idea, you've got the mind ticking over now.

DPB I guess your right about the mitre joints, I spent half a day setting up the saw and conducting test cuts test cuts, I even made up a mock box out of scrap pieces of chip board to confirm all the setting were correct.
The joints are only glued, I was planning on incorporating a couple of keys into the joint but ran out of time. There's never enough hours in a day.

One thing I found annoying was when I glued to box together I had small gaps in a couple of the joints, but when i conducted a dry fit in the clamp it fitted together perfectly. Is this due to the use of too much glue? :confused:

Humm ideal coming to me , slowly.... slowly, I got it!!.


Combination cutting board and jewelry box. Just need to think of a way of making it water tight.

Good looking produjects Tex

Originally Posted by junkboy999

Humm ideal coming to me , slowly.... slowly, I got it!!.


Combination cutting board and jewelry box. Just need to think of a way of making it water tight.

Good looking produjects Tex

Tez instead of jewelry put ur knives in. combo cutting board/slim line knife box

Originally Posted by Tex79

Hi all,

I've finally gotten around to posting some pics of projects I have made recently.

Tex great first up box

Nice box, well done.

Stirling work!

Originally Posted by Tex79

One thing I found annoying was when I glued to box together I had small gaps in a couple of the joints, but when i conducted a dry fit in the clamp it fitted together perfectly. Is this due to the use of too much glue? :confused:

Nice work, Tex. Gappy joints: doubtful that the glue would cause a gap. Are you sure you put the pieces together in the same configuration? Perhaps the wood moved. Annoying thing, wood movement...

Interesting thing with the magnets. I usually let gravity do the job of keeping the lid closed. Do you feel the magnets are worth the effort?

Thanks Guys.

Zenwood: When I glued the box I had all of the pieces numbered with chalk. The reason for this was that I had cut everything from the same piece of wood and I wanted the grain to flow around the box. I think you might be right with the movement of the wood, there was a small amount of movement which probably made all the difference, frustrating......

For me I found the magnets were worth the effort as I didn't want a catch because I was after clean lines arount the box but I didn't want the lid to open if the box was tipped upside down. I have a little neice and nephew who like to get into mischief..

Cheers, Evan