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12th April 2009, 01:35 AM #1
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Air-dried Walnut & Quilted Western Maple
Just a simple box that turned out to be one of the prettiest ones I have done. There is a beauty to this box that the pictures just can't do justice to. This box is also special in that the Maple was rescued firewood (This led to the milling of somewhere between 2000 & 2500 BF of Maple.
http://www.thedragonslair.com/maple_...ages/index.htm) and the Walnut is from a piece that a friend sent to me to try out. The lid is a new design for me and I think I like it. Also new to me was the use of rotten stone to rub out the finish. I really like the way it works and plan on getting a couple grades of pumice stone in the future. Sorry about the picture quality. I am still having trouble with the new camera to shoot decent close ups. The description is as follows:
This box is made from air-dried Walnut and quilted Western Maple. The box was designed with a four corner grain match. The dimensions are approx. 5 7/8"x3 3/4"x3" tall. It is finished inside and out with multiple coats of drying oil; wet sanded on the outside. The outside was then French polished with shellac and the whole thing buffed out with Canuba wax. The liner is a synthetic suede and will not tarnish silver.
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12th April 2009, 01:01 PM #2
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Nice looking box there. The rescued maple looks great, good truckload of wood you got.
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19th May 2009, 10:21 PM #3
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Nicely done, Gecko. I can't believe I missed this post earlier. How did you do your finger joints? Did you make your own jig? Sure would like to see some updated photographs if you've figured out that new camera by now.
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23rd May 2009, 06:07 PM #4
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Yes a good box and using reclaimed timber is always a plus.
regarding picture quality, dont worry about close up shot, use the highest mega pixel setting you have got and shoot from any reasonable distance from object, crop the pic. then reduce the size of picture to 8"x6" at 96pixes per inch and export under 100kbswoody U.K.
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26th May 2009, 04:07 AM #5
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Cisco:
Thanks. I made a jig when I first started that fits my router table extension on my table saw. Made a few changes when ideas did not work out. Not very pretty and I have thought of making a new one, but it works perfect every time for 1/4" joints with no more setup than setting the bit height. I also made a 45* add-on for it when I made my octo-box. I use an up-cut spiral bit in the router.
jow104:
Thanks for that tip. I thought if that but haven't tried it yet. My other camera was good at close ups.
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