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3rd June 2013, 05:57 PM #1
New designs for 2013 tissue boxes.
Monday morning and deciding on what to do at my 21 year of retirement.
So having breakfast drew out the three designs.
The first I will call Stretcher bond. (english & flemish look a bit awkard)
the other two will be stripies.
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"Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them." ~ Abraham Lincoln
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4th June 2013, 06:47 PM #2
Made a start and naming the first one Stretcher Bond tissue box.
Sorted out suitable sized pieces to chop up to separate piles of light and dark timbers.
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Cherry and Ash lengths were prepared 20mm x 9mm thick pieces.
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Full sized pattern drawing made up.
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To prepare blocks I got out the sled and made some changes, put on a new baseboard of hardboard to enable a new cut line (the original had worn) and better zero clearance. stop block set up to make all lengths equal ( 50mm length. Perspex guard removed from sled because clamping jig was so efficient I had to use a blade to pull each cut block out of holding jig.
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Cut 64 blocks
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Also pleased to report the vegatable and fruit garden is now on the move with the improvement of weather this week, what a change, first good weather I reckon for 52 weeks.
Strawberries next week?
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"Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them." ~ Abraham Lincoln
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5th June 2013, 06:09 PM #3
I have start bricking, laying around 21 bricks an hour initially, although speeded up now with more experience.
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After the three rows completed and glued up using T3 plus dabs of super glue and multifuntional use of fingers I then proceeded to file mortar joints at each block. (It could have been done from lengths of batten and not blocks but then it would look too precise) Did concider putting vertical contrast bits in to make the mortar look but chickened out.
Picture displays a dry run on the first section.
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All blocks now ready for building a carcass.
13w.jpgwoody U.K.
"Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them." ~ Abraham Lincoln
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6th June 2013, 10:46 AM #4
Good one, John. I'll be most interested to see how they turn out.
I've been putting some thought into the checker pattern we discussed - cutting small squares from offcuts then assembling, but haven't had a chance to do anything yet.... Steve
-- Monkey see, monkey do --
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10th June 2013, 06:00 PM #5woody U.K.
"Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them." ~ Abraham Lincoln
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10th June 2013, 06:46 PM #6
I like that and can imagination the neighbour over the fence yelling out
"John can I have a picture frame made quickly?"
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10th June 2013, 08:01 PM #7
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11th June 2013, 07:00 PM #8
Got to work on the top, it is much broader than my normal tissue box, this one needs a lid (which is going to overlap carcass edges (3mm) 193mm wide, and longer too. So had some difficulty finding suitable sized timber because most of my stock is stored away with my usual stock size requirements.
It is a rough piece of timber and the underside does have some surface knots.
Brought one of those ash logs into commission from the other day and cut of a suitable length and hand planed the piece to get some resemblance of flatness before putting to the P/T.
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Btw I am very pleased I had the blade guard in place on the planer, I had a ride back on the planer and if the guard had not been in place my hand would have ridden over the top of the spinning blade, first time that has happened in ten years.
Made up a paper template of the aperture required for this tissue box using tracing paper, when traced I used a 6b pencil and rubbed it on the underside of the drawing and that was then placed on the timber and traced again like carbon paper used by typists of the old era.
Timber is glued and awaiting to be cut with a jigsaw for the completion of aperture.
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"Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them." ~ Abraham Lincoln
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12th June 2013, 06:34 PM #9
The wood for the top has been dimensioned, it is a little scrappy, surface knots on the underside, and thicknessed down to just over 6mm to keep weight of the box down as much as possible.
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Further explanation on how the aperture was drawn and cut to shape.
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Cleaned up after jigsaw on the drill press using a sanding drum.
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Top is glued on flush to carcass with restraints.
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"Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them." ~ Abraham Lincoln
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13th June 2013, 05:57 PM #10
Took the restraints off yesterday and couldn't wait to stick in a man sized box of tissues that we have had laying around for a couple of years, never seem to need them myself tho.
It is in need of cleaning up, glue stains etc. and then this one will be varnished, but I am pleased with the end product, it was made from all waste pieces laying around the workshop.
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I can honestly recommend this design to all, I made the pattern cutting blocks, however it could have been created just using batten lengths with impression of blocks using a saw cut and file to make the chamfers.
The corners need not have been mitred but a natural brick finish made by something like finger joints which would be simply hand cut to size.
Overall measurements were 345mm top length, 340mm carcass length, 190mm top width 184mm carcass width and 75mm carcass height plus top thickness of 6mm.woody U.K.
"Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them." ~ Abraham Lincoln
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13th June 2013, 06:53 PM #11
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14th June 2013, 11:57 AM #12
Nice one John. I like the 'brick' effect.
A good way to use up offcuts, too.... Steve
-- Monkey see, monkey do --
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