Thread: jewellery box X3

I like the design and finish, good job

Thanks for all your positive comments.

Steve B & Neil - These were Christmas Presents, and who should get which was the subject of much discussion between Moi and SWMBO... usually along the lines of...
Moi "Just line them up and let them decide which one they want..."
SWMBO"You can't do that, what happens if they fight over one..."
Moi " Well, who will like which?"
SWMBO "I'll work it out and..."
Moi "DONE!" before the above sentence is finished. Thinks to oneself "got out of that one well"

Inferno6688 - Thought about various profiles on the top panels, but remembered KISS, 45deg plain chamfer.

Zenwood - I remember looking at someone's box at Sturt Gallery I think, and they used that colour suede, and I really liked it. Yes, and I will put future box posts in there - Thanks

TTIT - It's funny, that Blackwood is my favourite, but SWMBO and others (females) say they like the Myrtle (for the colour) and the Rosewood (colour contrast) - the Wife says it is a guy thing - dark heavily figured wood.

What do others think?

Thanks again for all the positive comments.

Chris

Great work Banksiaman. A simple design, well executed, always works well. Sure you will get lots of brownie points from the recipients.

There could be something in the theory about women prefering lighter coloured woods - seems to be the case in my family, anyway.

I like the Rosewood, but I just *LOVE* the myrtle box.

cheers
Wendy

Banksiaman, I don't know how I missed this thread when posted, if it weren't for your link in Rocker's post http://tinyurl.com/otfq6 I would likely not have found it. (You should consider posting a link in the small box forum.)

I agree with the comments of my colleagues. This is an elegant box due to it's simple design and careful execution. Well done - I look forward to seeing more from you.

Banksiaman
loved your work
I am interested in making something like that myself, only of lesser quality most likely.
Did you make the boxes as a closed unit and then separate the lid from the bottom section or use some other method
Clint

Originally Posted by ClintO

Banksiaman
loved your work
I am interested in making something like that myself, only of lesser quality most likely.
Did you make the boxes as a closed unit and then separate the lid from the bottom section or use some other method
Clint

ClintO,

Definately make it as 1 unit, then cut the top off, CAREFULLY. It means the top and body of the box have the same length and width from the start and any corners that aren't quite 90deg. are matched top and bottom. If you make them separately, with errors, they won't quite match and you will have a lot of work to make them.
The idea is to work out where you want the cut to be (in the middle of a tail preferably) so when the top is cut off, looking at the top from the side you (in my case) have half a tail, a pin then half a tail. The body of the box is similarly laid out, half a tail on top, half a tail on the bottom, so when you close the box, the two half tails look like one tail, the same dimentions as the others. To do this you have to make the tail you are cutting through larger by the width of the saw kerf plus a little for clean up. I used a Triton workbench with a thin kerf blade, so I allowed 3mm extra in the pin (easy enough to do with the Gifkins Jig, use a 3mm spacer in the right sequence.

If you know all this already, my apologies.

If I haven't made it clear with words, I can take a picture of the result.
I am also making some more of these boxes, and am taking pictures as I go, so if you or anyone else are interested, I can post a work in progress (WIP). I will of course post it the Box Making Forum this time. Just don't hold your breath, as I don't get a lot of time in the shed.

Chris.

Beautiful work Chris, particularly like the misty look to the myrtle. I am also blessed with having to make girly things in threes ... and live down the road in Camden! Fletty

Thanks Fletty.

I guess I should count myself lucky for girls, good range of things you can make for girls, boys are a little harder to make things for??
I say girls, they are adults now of course.

Camden - the Big Smoke - perhaps we should have a yarn sometime - there was someone else on the Forum from Camden - can't remember who it was.

Thanks again.

Good work as per the previous posts!

Thanks for the insight into your methods
This really is a great forum
Clint

Has anyone noticed how well daughters do out of woodworking fathers!
Speaking from experience too. Yours will be suitably thrilled, hope you arn't expected to fill all the little compartments with diamonds too. Well done.

Chris

Beautiful well made boxes. Your Daughters will be over the moon.
Well Done