Thread: Whale of a time

WOW!! that is really neat!!

Love it.

You clever devil!
Don't ever get the mechanics mixed up with the art.
The concept & design are a dream. The bright wood contrasts work well.
The tail draws (I call them drawers) are just too sneaky!
I hope that my D1 and D2 never see this.

torchwood

well done, artistic with functionality = a great bandsawn box!

what are the dimensions?

Hi , thank for the comments, the dimensions are 8 1/2" x 3" x 3". Just been out changing the blade on my Ryobi band saw again. Third blade I've changed , it went bang and a 6" bit of the blade smashed through the viewing window of the saw. If your contemplating buying a band saw, stay away from Ryobi, it is rubbish.

Another great box presentation there torchwood and great colour contrast.

btw - where do your design ideas come, as they are very original.

cheers.
Ray

Thanks Ray, that's quite a compliment. The ideas come out of my head, but it's just symmetry really. Ha, just looked up how to spell symmetry and this is two of it's meanings
"Symmetry (from Greek συμμετρεῖν symmetría "measure together") generally conveys two primary meanings. The first is an imprecise sense of harmonious or aesthetically pleasing proportionality and balance;[1][2] such that it reflects beauty or perfection. The second meaning is a precise and well-defined concept of balance or "patterned self-similarity" that can be demonstrated or proved according to the rules of a formal system: by geometry, through physics or otherwise."
In the end, we all just want to make something beautiful don't we? Cheers Harry
Ps. I hope they keep coming

HI HARRY,
A lovely box great contrast well done,.
john.

HI TorchWood,

Very impressive design in such a tight package, I like it a lot. Keep them coming.

Glenn

Beautiful work Torchwood. Would love to hear the cutting steps for the hidden draw.

cheers
WH

Thanks Wood Hacker, The sequence is something like this-

1. Cut back slice off main body
2. Cut out large drawer
3. Cut off front slice of large drawer only. Not the back
4. Cut out small drawer
5. Now cut off back slice of large drawer which now has the hole for the small drawer in it
6. Make cavity above small drawer to be the large drawer
7. Glue front and back to large drawer body
8. Cut two slices off front of small drawer, throw one away, to shorten small drawer to allow the small drawer knob to sit flush
9. Cut slice off rear of small drawer
10. Cut out cavity of small drawer
11. Glue front and rear slices of small drawer
12. Glue knob on small drawer
13. Take two Panadol
14. Glue rear slice to main body
15. Glue drawer knob to large drawer

It’s as simple as that
Cheers Harry

Ps. Could anyone let me know if I've left anything out.

Another masterpiece! How did you come up of the whale-drawer design, torchwood?

If I only knew. Actually, you gotta sit down with pencil, eraser and paper and draw till your blue in the face and hope something smacks you between the eyes.

Beautiful box, what is the purple/redish timber?