Thread: Black & white and white & black tissue boxes

Wow! you don't muck around do you. Nice work

I am a member of an art group and I needed a few more tissue boxes to present as gifts. Took some black walnut and American ash out of the pile and estimated there would be enough for three boxes.

However when I came to gluing up the carcasses it turned out that I had machined up enough for six, very complicated.

I went into the WS around 1.30pm and prepared as per picture, (the black walnut was rough sawn timber but I put it straight into the thicknesser without planing and I was lucky)



I thought the mitred corners took a long time at the tablesaw, (I did 48 mitres).



Anyway by 5pm they were ready to be glued up.



At 6pm I was to tired to remember to take the photograph but I took that this morning.



So I expect to have ten boxes to take up to our club shortly, (together with some stock ones already made)

Going back to these latest 6 boxes this was the waste which you can see was very tight doing those 48 mitre corners.



Made six lids today and it was a much slower process than making those carcasses.

A production run for you this time.

This project became ten boxes.

They are surprise presents for our art group plus two tea ladies.



In the meantime I finally got this home maintenance job off my hands last evening, I did the painting.

Nice looking boxes. I particularly like the concave lid box. I see you are using mitered corners for your boxes which is how most of my boxes are designed. However I do something with mine that really sets off the box in my opinion and also strengthens the miter joint. I insert 1/8" thick contrasting colored splines in each corner about 1 inch apart. Just to clarify, I am not telling you how to build your boxes but only offering a suggestion.

Nice work, as usual they are great.and a lovely gesture on your part. Some very happy recipients I'm sure.

Thanks for watching, KB your comments are welcomed and your key splines have also been used in the past mainly for decoration. Never yet had a corner failure, I think it is down to modern glues, I use Titebond 3, its a bit runny but after a few minutes the boxes can be moved even only strapped with that masking tape.