Thread: Second Box - Karri with Ebony lid

2nd Boks!! Surely you jest!!

great combination of timbers. Great job a!!

Well done, Mate. Be sure to post pics of the finished box.

soth

Looking good, Interesting combination of timbers. should look great when finished.

artme - I jest you not, I got into it a few months ago and now I'm hooked. I have a lot of Karri and a fair bit of Ebony (I bought a 300mm long solid piece of 4x3 ebony for $11 and another at 800mm long for $26 - I don't think the guy knew what he was selling)

Here's some info on concealed hinges for you Luis

Great box Artme. Just a question. You have rounded the corners of the bottom piece - presumably because you didn't run the slots all the way across the sides and ends. But with mitre joints you can run the slots all the way through - and they don't show on the outside because they are inside the mitres. Was this because your exposed spline mitres might have intersected with the corners of the bottom piece? I am asking about this because I am planning to make a dozen boxes for Christmas presents and I am trying to do a lot of thinking things through before I blunder into it.

Originally Posted by Fencepost2

Great box Artme. Just a question. You have rounded the corners of the bottom piece - presumably because you didn't run the slots all the way across the sides and ends. But with mitre joints you can run the slots all the way through - and they don't show on the outside because they are inside the mitres. Was this because your exposed spline mitres might have intersected with the corners of the bottom piece? I am asking about this because I am planning to make a dozen boxes for Christmas presents and I am trying to do a lot of thinking things through before I blunder into it.

Hi - yes I truncated the corners on both the lid and the base so that the splines can go right through and used contrasting ebony splines as I want it to be a feature.

I've gotten a few steps further, I had the day off sick today and attempted to do some more but it was futile I just felt too rotten with this cold so I just took photos instead.

Firstly here is my embarrassingly simple mitre clamping jig - works awesome


As you can see if you look closely I joined the jig corners together so the angles were just under 90 degrees - this helps it to really clamp the mitres together tightly


After the glue dried I used a straight but to true up the top on the router table as I had to get a good finish straight off here - very little room to sand.
This was a "balls in your throat" affair as I had to run the work-piece between the fence and the bit and if it caught and threw it at me I think there would have been finger reduction going on...

Result is pretty clean and will only need light sanding


This is after I split the box on the table saw and sanded it true - I'm happy with the fit


These next 2 pics focus on the exposed/feature splines - I wasn't too sure if this was to be considered artistic or lazy but it looks good so I'm going to go with artistic...


Joints were very tight - I think the best I've done so far in my huge repertoire of 2 boxes.



The only mistake I made was to not allow enough depth on the lid for Barrel Hinges, it looks like I'll need to use little brass butt hinges. Anyone know where I can get them this small from?

Originally Posted by missionaryman

artme - I jest you not, I got into it a few months ago and now I'm hooked. I have a lot of Karri and a fair bit of Ebony (I bought a 300mm long solid piece of 4x3 ebony for $11 and another at 800mm long for $26 - I don't think the guy knew what he was selling)

Do you have blistered fingers after such a hot deal!!

Originally Posted by Fencepost2

Great box Artme. .

Not guilty FP2, but if you insist I will take the credit.

Originally Posted by artme

Do you have blistered fingers after such a hot deal!!

I did feel a bit like a crook walking out with it at that price, there was another longer pice for $26 that I missed out on, I'm in therapy trying to get over the loss...

Originally Posted by watson

Here's some info on concealed hinges for you Luis

Thanks for those Noel.

Originally Posted by missionaryman

The only mistake I made was to not allow enough depth on the lid for Barrel Hinges, it looks like I'll need to use little brass butt hinges. Anyone know where I can get them this small from?

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