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  1. 2nd November 2009, 07:15 PM #1
    Fencepost2
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    This box-making forum needs a bit of "recalibration". Too many magnificent and perfect boxes are a bit daunting for lesser mortals like me, and so I am lowering the baseline by daring to show my latest box which is far from perfect. I made a box for herbal tea bags for a wedding gift. Dimensions about 250 x 150 x 75. Material black bean. Gifkins dovetail jig - you will notice where I screwed up in spacing. The photographs on the top and inside of the lid are glued down and then covered with two-part epoxy - which I managed to get without any bubbles. I think the secret was waiting until the ambient temperatures were around 25 degrees which resulted in just a few bubbles to pop with the butane torch. Finish is 2 coats of water-based Crystal Clear inside to avoid any odours, and 2 coats of Danish Oil and then Ubeaut wax.
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  3. 2nd November 2009, 08:14 PM #2
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    I really like it. Well done! Love the grain pattern too.

    How did you find the blackbean? Any adverse skin issues?
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  4. 2nd November 2009, 08:24 PM #3
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    Ah Fencepost, your recalibration is a bit of a misnomer wot? I have been looking at your dovetails and can't see the spacing issue? But heck I can't do dovetails yet.. They fit together nicely and hold the box together a treat.. Is there criteria I don't know about? Nice proportions, grain, and the photo is a very personal touch. Bet the couple were really pleased!
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  5. 2nd November 2009, 09:45 PM #4
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    Thanks for your reassurance, maybe I am being over self critical a common fault among us lot.
    I got a blackbean board at the 2008 Adelaide Wood Show, and wasn't aware of possible skin problems, which fortunately I didn't suffer. My problem with the dovetails was that I didn't set the sides correctly over the slots of the Gifkin's dovetail jig - I should have positioned them to cut one more tail which would have allowed another pin on the top of the front of the box to make it a stronger construction. I haven't got any feedback from the couple just yet - I overshot the actual wedding by a week waiting for our Adelaide temperatures to get warm enough for the epoxy work.
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