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25th September 2019, 06:33 AM #1SENIOR MEMBER
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Fountain pen collection box
Attached a rough sketch of my next drawer box.
I ordered some pen inserts from the US and once they arrive that will determine the size of the drawers. That's the functional side of the project, my fountain pen collection needs a new home.
I'm thinking about 300-400 wide and about 200 deep. The height will be determined by what looks right once the width is locked it. So depending it will give me 4/5 drawers.
I'm thinking of using contrasting walnut and maple and some of that lovely figured Walnut veneer for the drawer fronts.
Thoughts and suggestions welcome [emoji4]
Cheers
Jacques
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25th September 2019, 01:16 PM #2
Looking forward to the journey after seeing previous builds. Does this mean you are a pen maker too?
Dallas
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25th September 2019, 07:42 PM #3SENIOR MEMBER
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Hi Dallas, no I don't turn pens. I should probably give it a go one day.
I do collect old parker fountain pens hence the need for the drawer box. The one I have is full to the brim.
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Pen inserts arrived. Need to finalise the dimensions and start to chop some timber. Sounds like a plan for the weekend [emoji12]
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4th October 2019, 12:06 AM #5GOLD MEMBER
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You should be able to fit 2 or 3 pens in that Jacques,...!!!
Paul
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6th October 2019, 05:51 PM #6SENIOR MEMBER
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It's days like this that I'm seriously considering packing up the woodworking tools.
I don't know if it's the hard maple or a bad bandsaw blade but this ruined my expensive maple, not happy [emoji53].
Anyway, they say a bad workman blames his tools.
Upwards and onwards......
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6th October 2019, 08:12 PM #7GOLD MEMBER
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Hey Jacques, Dont give up. Work out why this happened and try and correct the problem. Even if it means getting some more timber and starting again.
Paul
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7th October 2019, 01:52 AM #8
Ah, poo!
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7th October 2019, 07:49 AM #9
Another of those character building days. They say its how you handle those tribulations that matter. Hope you don't have close neighbours.
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8th October 2019, 08:06 AM #10SENIOR MEMBER
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Thanks for the words of inspiration guys.
After sleeping on it I'm determined to get a decent re-saw in that maple using my old Taiwanese bandsaw. I ordered a new 2950 x 19 x 3TPI blade from Robertson and Sinclair in Auckland. It should be ready for collection Saturday morning. The plan for the weekend (once the gardening chores are out of the way) is to refit the new blade and go through the entire setup process from scratch, checking alignment, guide blocks, bearings etc... I will post some photos of nicely cut maple once done .
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9th October 2019, 08:20 AM #11
Good luck. I think with a new, good blade you stand a good chance of getting a good result from a resaw. When I've had that problem on my old Taiwanese bandsaw, it was caused by a combination of hard wood, deep cut and a blade that was either blunt or damaged, causing it to try to twist.
Do you need to resaw it, or could you puut it through a thicknesser?
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Hi Alex, agreed, I'm confident the new blade will do the trick. It's ~45mm thick American maple, about 200mm wide. I can put it through my thicknesser but that will just be a waste hence my preference to get at least three 10-12mm pieces from the board.
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9th October 2019, 05:29 PM #13
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12th October 2019, 05:19 PM #14SENIOR MEMBER
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Hehe. Super happy as it seems like the new blade and the tuning worked. Nice straight cuts without any issue. Slow progress but progress at least [emoji16]
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