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  1. 27th August 2012, 07:38 PM #91
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    You know, I have to agree with you all 100%. Thanks, guys, for pointing it out and no, John, you certainly didn't offend me.

    As soon as I finished that first foot, I got the same impression. That's why I edited and said that I might make it thinner and shorter.
    I will make the feet thinner and shorter - 100% thinner and 100% shorter.

    Really, I was only adding them because they were in my original drawing, which looked OK to me back then. (Just mindlessly following the plan to the end.): -
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    I really appreciate this type of feedback, so thanks again fellas.

    I have stick-on rubber feet somewhere, but I'm not sure I like them for this type of thing - they come off over time. Instead, I might make small, 4-5mm tall wooden feet, to go under the box out of the way. I could put felt on the bottom of them.
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    Nice to hear that our views were understood.

    How about tripod feet, very short and variegated.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jow104 View Post
    Nice to hear that our views were understood.

    How about tripod feet, very short and variegated.
    I'm thinking of 3 small discs about 4mm tall, under the box about 5mm in from each 'corner'.
    Just enough to raise the box off the surface of whatever it's sitting on.

    I especially like 3 feet on things, as in the tripod you suggest, too, because they never wobble regardless of the surface.
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    I reckon the 3 feet underneath would work. It was having them outside the line of the box that was off-putting.
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    So, now my thoughts stray to the knob, since it's also Blackwood and would have only matched the feet. It probably should go West too.

    I can't tell any more. Thoughts, anyone? : -
    (One way or another I have to finish this box today.)
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    Knob looks good IMHO.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AlexS View Post
    Knob looks good IMHO.
    Thanks, Alex. Your opinion means quite a bit to me - you know what you're doing.
    It seems that I need to put more thought into the overall balance of a piece.

    (I'm glad the knob looks OK, I put a surprising amount of work into it, adding the little inlay.)
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    Now, fill it with chocolates and post it to me...
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    Quote Originally Posted by _fly_ View Post
    Now, fill it with chocolates and post it to me...
    Peter, if I filled it with chocolates, it'd never get out the door here.

    You know, filling it with chocolates is a great idea. I like it.
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    I would keep the knob exactly as is.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Christos View Post
    I would keep the knob exactly as is.
    So it shall be.
    I'll drill, dowel and glue it in the morning and whack on the new feet.
    Then just the inside bottom lining and it's done.
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    The new feet are done and the knob's on. (Getting the dowel hole square into the knob was fun. Had to make a balsa jig/clamp.)
    I'm working on the lining templates at the moment. When they fit properly, I'll trace them onto 2mm Basswood ply, then cover it in felt.

    Here's the new feet, made from 15mm discs of the Blackwood that was being used for the other feet. I cut them with a 3/4" plug cutter, so they naturally had a nice, very slight taper for feet. They look a little like those chocolates you mentioned, Peter.
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    I'll post finished pics as soon as the lining's done.
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    Plug cutter for legs, thats another good tip this thread has produced.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jow104 View Post
    Plug cutter for legs, thats another good tip this thread has produced.
    G'day John.
    Alternatively, if a plug cutter isn't to hand and if the diameter isn't too large, a holesaw without the pilot bit. (Just clamp down well.)
    Edit: I cut the hub caps for my Roadster that way last week with no problems.
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    or cut off a piece of dowel.
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