Thread: Cufflink Box

I like it.
Regards.

Elegant, simple, looks great.

A fine box. The rosewood is beautiful.

I must move in the wrong circles . . I don't even know anyone that wears cuff-links

Very nice looking box Paul

to be honest, I don't either, I'm a professional beach bum now,.!

Paul

What AlexS said above

Well done!

That is triple awesome. I like this wood box! Simplicity at its best.

Hi PAul, what timber did you use for the keys? Makes a very nice contrast

Hi there,

For the keys I used jellutong, I've got a bit of that laying around, plus its a very soft timber also. And yes adds a nice contrast to any darker timber. I've made a sled (jig) for my home made router table also, which makes cutting these keys very simple and foolproof. I should do a photo of my sled and post it on here. When my box is locked into place, just a few simple pushes across my 4mm straight bit and it wont vary from its path.

Matter of fact I'll take a photo of it tomorrow and post it here,

Regards, Paul

Gotta agree with everyone. Simple, elegant and a great use of the rosewood!!

Hi all again, as promised I took some photos of my mitre key cutting sled/jig. I hope you can follow it by the photos. I have two fences for my router table, long one and short one of course. They both swivel from tee nuts. I use the long one to work out where my sled will slide, clamp the end of that down. Then I clamp my other shorter fence alongside it to create a track for the sled to slide along in. That way there is no outward movement from the force of the router bit. (4mm straight bit). The bottom runners of the sled also have laminex glued to them, which makes the sled slide very easy along the router table top, also laminex.

Any size box is easily clamped into the sled with the adjustable clamps.

That is a very neat jig Paul, I like the fixed sides that eliminates any risk of the box moving on the jig. Thanks for sharing these pics

How do you actually cut the keys to suit the mitre key slots?

Hi there Dengue,

Pretty simple really, I just thickness/sand a slice of jellutong, or whatever timber I intend to use down to 4mm. Then I just cut oversize triangles on my bandsaw. Put a bit of selleys rapid set aquadhere in the key slot with a matchstick, push the oversize triangle in. Make sure its all the way in. Leave to dry then sand back on a belt sander. A nice light sand as there isn't much timber to actually sand off, just the oversize.

Thanks for your comments,

Paul