Thread: Book leaf pine box

A very nice piece of timber. And excellent workmanship too!

Very,very nice.

The finish makes the timber almost look like bone !

Wonderful.
What did you use to get a nice finish like that?

well done jim ,whats the wood in top of the box is that the same pine looks more like birdseye

Nice work PP the box looks far from ordinary to me. Great looking timber and a nice finish.

Lovely work - the design highlights the grain beautifully and the finish adds that sparkle.

cheers
Wendy

Superb .

Advice for me on construction please. I see there is a panel in a mitred frame which is very attractively bevelled - I must try that. Then this mitred frame is attached to a box section which perhaps was cut off the bottom bit? I recall Roger Gifkin once saying that he avoided mitres because with wood movement in the across the grain direction they could open up the outside of the mitre a bit. So my question is, does the fixing of the top mitre panel onto the box lid remove the likelihood of wood movement. And is the top panel a floating panel? I am asking all this because I want to figure out how much movement in a small box I can get away with without opening up joints.

Mongrel,
The panel on the top is Ash burl veneer. I prefer burl veneer because it has no grain direction.
Aussie,
I used a couple of coats of sanding sealer on the box and four coats on the top panel. Each coat is cut back with 320# paper and finer, then three coats of lacquer which I cut back with 600# wet and dry, wet with water and a quick wipe on a cake of soap. Finally finished off with EEE.
Fencepost,
The top and bottom panel on my bigger boxes (over 150 x 100) is usually 4mm mdf board or exterior ply veneered both sides for stability. Single piece of solid wood would likely cause problems, laminating mdf or ply eliminates this. The grain in timber takes the eye from one side of the box to another, where as burl veneer can create a 'picture', and keeps the observers eye centrally on the box. If I were to use timber, it would be a floating panel fitted to a groove.
Jim

great work Jim. that sure is some nice looking timber

Well done. Beautiful timber - nice looking box

looks fantastic! great box.