Thread: Blackwood & Silver Ash watch box

Another lovely piece Alex

Cheers
Michael

Nice piece Alex.
I like the contrasting details.

Very nice, like the design and combination of timber used

How did you do the inlay for the word?

Originally Posted by AlexS

The cushions were professionally sewn, the insert & cushions were suede fabric.
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And the box was professionally made also Can you give some details about how you inlaid "blue" . I like the look of the dovetails

Peter

Alex, the way you are knocking projects out at the moment you obviously have too much time on your hands. Another great looking box and the hinges have turned out a treat.

Originally Posted by DJ's Timber

How did you do the inlay for the word?

Originally Posted by Peter36

Can you give some details about how you inlaid "blue" .

Thanks for the kind words.
The inlaying was an interesting exercise, as it's not something I've done a lot of.
I printed of a few copies of the word in different fonts, and stuck the selected one onto a thin piece of SA. This was then stuck to a piece of 12mm ply. In both cases I used UHU glue stick. The letters were cut out on the scroll saw. I had to have a couple of goes at some of the letters. They were tidied up using a sanding strip in the scrollsaw (I bought these years ago, don't know if they're still available).
I then glued a copy of the same font on the panel for the lid, and outlined the letters with a scalpel. Then, carefully deepened the outline, cleaning it out with a 1mm chisel I made from an old triangular file. The 'e' was the hardest one to carve out because it's curved, and I had to do the final cleaning out with the Dremel. Just kept trying the cutout letters until everything fitted, then waxed the panel around the word and applied glue (tinted Techniglue) and forced the letters in with a clamp. The wax makes it easy to remove excess glue. When everything is dry, plane and sand the letters flush.

Thanks for that Alex, sounds like a job for those with a lot of patience

Alex, that is absolutely stunning. You are truly one of the heavy weights here. This box demonstrates the standard of your work. I like the wooden hinges. Well done mate.

Another nice box. Alex.

You should have used Sydney BLUE gum

beautiful work as usual Alex, Im also a fan of those hinges...very classy.

I recently have been given my first real commission to make a watch box for a watch collector....hope it turns out as nice as your's

it is too good!!! very high quality!!

Nice thread to open Alex and see another of your superb boxes.

The hinges must have been labour of love as well.

Alex, what thickness was the spindle and hinge?

And the angled lid must have given you some thoughtful moments.

Thanks folks.
SC, Sydney blue gum was one we considered, but I wasn't sure I could get any with a nice figure.

BD, if you need to get cushions made I'll give you the name of the seamstress whi did them.

John, the hinges are 6mm thick x 25mm wide. the pins are ~3mm. The only difficulty caused by the angled sides was that the top & bottom had to be exactly right angles & the same size, as I wasn't game to make them as one piece and separate them.

It was a nice job to do. The client, whom I hadn't met until he picked it up, had a few things he knew he wanted, but left the rest up to me. We discussed timbers and the pattern of the stringing was his suggestion. IMO, it balances the inlayed name.

Originally Posted by AlexS

Thanks folks.

BD, if you need to get cushions made I'll give you the name of the seamstress whi did them.

thanks for the offer Alex...

Unfortunately though, for the box im going to make the client has requested something a bit different to hold the watches. From his description it would be something similar to this picture .I think

Ive never seen one like this before and.....I havent quite worked out how Im going to go about it

cheers
BD