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15th September 2020, 06:09 PM #1SENIOR MEMBER
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My First Box (circa 25 years ago)
I thought I'd share some photos of my first box that I made about 25 years ago.
Back then I had a Triton Work Centre coupled with a Makita saw and a couple of Stanley black handled chisels I tried to sharpen on a $2 oil stone. I had absolutely no idea about box or cabinet making. Actually, that's not true: I thought solid wood was superior to a veneered product. Also, my father had told me spotted jarrah was the best. And brass screws are the screws cabinet makers use and therefore indicate a quality product.
So here's my box, solid 18mm jarrah (partly spotted), 300Lx160Dx120H (mm), brass screws and brass hinges. Slotted screws used in construction, Philips screws used to fit the hinges (probably because they came with the hinges).
My First Box.jpeg
Box Open.jpeg
Hinge Mortises.jpeg
Spotted Jarrah.jpeg
Bottom Felt.jpeg
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15th September 2020, 06:20 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
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Your first is a luxury item compared to my first. What is the box base made from? has it deteriorated over the years?
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15th September 2020, 06:40 PM #3SENIOR MEMBER
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The box base is 18mm jarrah screwed (and probably glued) directly from the underneath into the 18mm thick box sides. Yes, the wood has contracted and cupped ever so slightly. The degree of contraction is probably the same as that seen in the lid but a little from both sides, whereas the lid has contracted towards the hinge side only.
Or do you mean the felt(?) I've stuck on the base as much to hide the screws as to protect any surface the box may be placed. That material probably came from my wife's sewing box and might be "fleece" used to make wind-cheaters. Yes, that material has deteriorated.
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15th September 2020, 09:59 PM #4GOLD MEMBER
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Thanks for that homesy. I won't be showing any pictures of my first box. It was a little more adventurous than yours, and a LOT less successful.
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15th September 2020, 10:41 PM #5
I'm impressed that you still have that original box after 25 years. Unfortunately I don't tend to hang on to early versions of anything new I try out so have nothing to compare my progress with later on.
Thanks for putting that up and stay proud of where you started.Dallas
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16th September 2020, 12:11 AM #6GOLD MEMBER
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Absolutely agree with the others, homesy. Thanks for sharing the start of your journey. Not many can say they have their original piece.
Thanks again,
Brian (Home)
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16th September 2020, 01:37 AM #7SENIOR MEMBER
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I'm the opposite. I keep everything. (Just ask my wife.) I even have a prototype sarcophagus box made from OSB somewhere in the house. However, my last three "fancy" boxes were made for a friend so they didn't get into the house.
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16th September 2020, 04:59 AM #8GOLD MEMBER
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i wish i hadn't been so rash now in my last clean out, as seeing old projects really does hammer home how much one has progressed. i just threw out/gave away my first ever box, which was supposed to be a cassette box project at school but with the teachers permission i changed the dimensions so that it could house Cokin Filters (for a camera). and as i rarely use a camera (or own one) anymore i decided to bin it and the filters. The box was constructed of pacific maple and completely veneered, felt lined which scored 2nd in the class in marking. I believe i scored a bonus point for managing to keep my thumb on and not slicing all the way through with the Stanley knife whilst sizing up the veneer.
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16th September 2020, 09:57 AM #9
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