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4th September 2005, 08:02 PM #1
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Jewellery CHEST!
Well I have finally finished the jewellery box that I was making for a wedding present. And not an hour too soon, I finished it on Saturday morning and presented it Saturday afternoon J and after 3 months of working it was a pretty close call.<o
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I have taken photos of the chest as I went along and I’m pretty happy with it. The new owners are stoked as well.<o></o>
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Over all it took 58 hours!!! Most of that time is spent preparing stock and ripping boards by hand. I used mostly dark-side techniques. It was also my first project that I French polished, pretty good effort I thought.<o></o>
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Here are the pics at different stages.
I picked up some New Guinea Rosewood, Sliver Ash and some Port Orford cedar form Peter at specialty timbers Toronto.<o></o>
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The new owners gave the design. And size = Big!, (which changed)
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4th September 2005, 08:05 PM #2
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Cut the first of the Dovetail joints! Looking good. And I got the shooting board out, isn’t it nice when things just work.<o
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4th September 2005, 08:09 PM #3
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The first dry fitting<o
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4th September 2005, 08:12 PM #4
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All the carcase components<o
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Cut and ripped some Sliver Ash for the base to size. Banged out some mitres on the shooting board. Cut a bunch of different crosscuts and chiselled out the waste to make the profile for the legs, planed and routed smooth and then used a round over bit to take the edge off.<o></o>
Routed a rabbet for the chest to sit in. Glued taped clamped and the base, and filled very small gaps… my mitres are coming along.<o></o>
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Glues dried… dry fit to the base.<o></o>
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4th September 2005, 08:14 PM #5
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Draw components NG rosewood, Silver ash sides and Port Orford cedar backs.<o
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4th September 2005, 08:15 PM #6
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Success!<o
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4th September 2005, 08:17 PM #7
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Cut dovetails in the Silver ash for the lid.<o
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4th September 2005, 08:18 PM #8
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Draws in place<o
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The knobs arrived from Goods and Chattles in Brisbane, they even through in some minties…mmmm minties…<o></o>
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4th September 2005, 08:20 PM #9
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Ripped and planed and sanded the cedar for the tray dividers cut heaps of lapped joints<o
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4th September 2005, 08:24 PM #10
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4th September 2005, 10:10 PM #11
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You sure cut it fine as far as time went. Looks good, and I am sure that it will a valued gift.
Bob
"If a man is after money, he's money mad; if he keeps it, he's a capitalist; if he spends it, he's a playboy; if he doesn't get it, he's a never-do-well; if he doesn't try to get it, he lacks ambition. If he gets it without working for it; he's a parasite; and if he accumulates it after a life time of hard work, people call him a fool who never got anything out of life."
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5th September 2005, 08:20 PM #12
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Really nice work.
Now just make a few more, a little scaled up and you have a nice looking tool box
JunkBoy999
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5th September 2005, 09:16 PM #13
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They are really great hand cut dovetails Steve . Great looking box . What are the sizes?
PeterI've just become an optimist . Iv'e made a 25 year plan -oopps I've had a few birthdays - better make that a 20 year plan
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6th September 2005, 12:06 PM #15
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I hate working under pressure... i don't know how people do it, i'm much too easy going. I think it stressed me out.
As for the sizes it's huge! 16" by 11'' deep and 12.5'' high. A true chest. She has HEAPS of jewellery
and yep Junkboy... you guessed what is next, something for me
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