Thread: Four door box

Well Andy this may not be it but might help

Thanks SG. The two doors on the sides are starting to get there. Here is a sketch I did of how I remember the basics. I think there was a fixed top that must have been attached to the base through the centre, leaving the box structure as a carousel that rotated between top and base?? Of course I could be way off the mark!

Cheers,

Why not build yours like your sketch anyway?

To further the mystique, the doors could be thinner at the meeting rail, to overlap the supports. The hinge points will need some study, to allow only one door to open without binding its neighbour. And you could place the knobs at the exact centres of the doors as a minor puzzle.

A central column could support a separate "roof" fixed to the column, and another lazy Susan at the interface would maintain stability. The attachment of the roof to the column would be the last step of assembly, possibly with adjustable contact pressure.

Food for thought.

Cheers,
Joe

Hello,
I decided to progress with this box, without a fixed plan, and winged it as usual! All the parts so far are cut from piano parts from a couple of piano's I've wrecked. Some lovely veneered pieces too.
The four interior boxes are some nice pine, with simple mitred corners. These will be sandwiched between thin panels top and bottom, with routed grooves for glass bead (equates to lazy susan carousel). These panels mate with thicker panels which are held apart on a central pillar or column, with stub mortices each end. These thicker panels will be the fixed part, and dressed with curved and veneered members cut from the piano lid, with added mouldings to hide the edges. Some thinner panels form the doors and an extra part to hide the side of each box. This stuff was a double sided veneered part at the top of the piano, which I resawed and dressed to about 9mm... very nice!
I hope all this is making sense. The photos here are of the parts simply stuck together with double sided tape. The more observant will notice a strangely shaped groove on the top panel... a visit by the stuff-up fairy! The router bit wandered away from my circular jig despite a brand new bit, so I routed another one on the underside, and this stuffup will be hidden. Note the strange colour of the substrate, very green in real life. It's poplar, commonly used in pianos

Andy, that drawing reminds me of a box in the 400 boxes book. I'll ring the book in for you tomorrow.

Your box is starting to take shape now. i'll look forward to seeing it tomorrow