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Thread: The document box
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17th March 2007, 03:07 PM #1
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The document box
A simple document box in red cedar. I chose red cedar because silver fish (silly name for an insect) and cockroaches (no comment) will not eat paper stored inside cedar containers. It is big enough to take an A4 sheet and designed to look like a book. The front and back is vavona burl veneer, very brittle and difficult to handle. Settled for brass hinges instead of wooden hinges. The inlay bandings were shop made too.
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17th March 2007, 03:39 PM #2
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Wow, that gorgeous! Excellent craftsmanship.... the shop made banding's are very cool and the timbers are great too.
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17th March 2007, 03:54 PM #3
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Jim, this looks great. Well done. You should be proud of your work.
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17th March 2007, 06:03 PM #4
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Very nice box Jim. Is the lettering gold leaf or marquetry inlay?
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17th March 2007, 07:03 PM #5
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Bill, I took a short cut and used imitation gold leaf lettering.
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17th March 2007, 07:26 PM #6
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legendary stuff. And those document boxes are so useful too. All the important papers go there and don't get lost.
Well done. Hope to have a go at a document box soon.
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17th March 2007, 08:12 PM #7
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G'day Bill,
Yumm!!
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17th March 2007, 09:08 PM #8
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Nice work Jim, very elegant
Document box.......never heard of one of those before
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17th March 2007, 10:39 PM #9
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Wow! Great, useful little box. Good workmanship and finishing.
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18th March 2007, 04:40 AM #10
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Hi Jim
Excellent work!
where did you get you hardware from?
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18th March 2007, 08:25 PM #11
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That homemade inlay is fantastic,have not seen a document box as good as that, Well done
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18th March 2007, 08:55 PM #12
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18th March 2007, 11:34 PM #13
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Beautiful work Jim.. particularily like the edge that youve done to look like the binding
Can you give dimensions please?
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19th March 2007, 09:53 PM #14
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Wild Dingo, the inside of the box will take an A4 sheet of paper.
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19th March 2007, 09:56 PM #15
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Great job Jim!
Did you have any troubles with glue weeping from voids in the burl if there were any? I know how brittle that stuff is.
How does that brass catch work? Magnetic?I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
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