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18th January 2024, 05:39 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Two Small Boxes
It's finally cooled down here for long enough to get into the shed to finish these two small boxes, a ring box and another that I think would be suitable for ear rings. Constructed from Spotted Gum and River Red Gum and lined with maroon velvet. All held together with loose tenons. Finished size is 150mm wide x 110mm deep and 85mm high excluding the lid lift. Even though these are only relatively small there's a lot of work in them, too many parts, not sure that I'll do any more like this.
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18th January 2024, 06:02 PM #2
That's lovely mate.
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18th January 2024, 07:39 PM #3
Yes, in some ways small boxes can be harder to make than larger ones but yours have turned out great!
What tool did you use to take out the inside corners of the corner posts and did you do it before or after assembly?Cheers, Bob the labrat
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18th January 2024, 08:52 PM #4GOLD MEMBER
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19th January 2024, 07:57 AM #5GOLD MEMBER
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Very nice Aldav, a lot of work in those boxes for sure. The ring holders look great also.
Paul
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19th January 2024, 08:40 AM #6
Very nice design and well executed. Yes we all seem to want to do something as a challenge and when complete say, never again. At least we have proven we can do it once
Dallas
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23rd January 2024, 09:28 PM #7
Nicely Done
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29th January 2024, 01:23 PM #8Senior Member
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Lovely boxes and the amount of work put into them is evident in the final products.
Two questions regarding the Spotted Gum. Was there a particular reason you chose this notoriously difficult timber (availability, appearance, challenge, what's-so-hard-about-Spotted Gum)? Related to the first how did avoid or manage the tear-out with this timber? (I get tear out before a freshly sharpened and lightly set plane iron has even laid sight on the wood.)
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29th January 2024, 03:31 PM #9GOLD MEMBER
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Thanks Anthony. I can't say that Spotted Gum is that difficult to work with, well if most of the work is done with power tools it isn't. The stock was prepped to thickness using a DeWalt 735 thicknesser with a spiral head, so no real problems there. The stock in the sides is 8mm thick. I have a small stock of SG from offcuts of new floorboards, which i why it was 'chosen'. The main thing to remember with it is to wipe down with Acetone just prior to glue-up or the joint will fail. Ask me how I know this.
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