Thread: Jewellery Boxes, made in Bunbury, WA

I just like the boxes...WOW, they sure are beautiful..WELL DONE SIR, Cheers, crowie

I wouldnt mind knowing about your CNC. They have fascinated me, but I struggle to find a spot to put one!!!

As promised - the installation template set for my hinges:
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Complete guide for it and all questions about it here:
Quadrant hinge - installation guide


thank you,

Some more boxes:

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That's a pretty special introduction!!!!

I've got questions about velvet lining in my boxes.
Also it was the long way to perfect result.
I've never use velvet paper or flocks but only fabric. Fabric is important - for the best quality result it mast be also top quality. I use stretch velvet from spotlight. Not cheap -30$ per meter - but you do not need to much for a box.

I've tried different ways to line it:
Biggest problem is to avoid the glue go through the fabric to the face.
Contact glue, to my surprise, does not hold the fabric good enough plus it is smells and messy
Best glue - simple PVA - but only for the flat surfaces because it is easy goes through the fabric. It has to be applied evenly by the thin layer. I use a foam roller from bunnings. This way I use for bottoms only.

For the walls I use double sided tape. Also tried many, cheep and expensive. This one I use now - good hold and not too expensive:
Aliexpress.com : Buy 5mm~100mm wide Choose, 30 Meters, For Shoes/Clothes/Bag Embroidered Stitch Fasten Double Sided Oil Glue Tape, Handmade DIY from Reliable tape wig suppliers on Adhesive & Heat Transfer -- RP. Reliable | Alibaba Group



this is how the velvet applied on my boxes:
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red is velvet, blue is PVA, green is tape

the box is finished but without the bottom. Inside I cut a 1mm slot. Next I apply a tape from the slot down. Next I line a velvet strip overlapping the slot and the bottom socket. I roll it down by a small metal roller and using a thin but blunt metal ring on a holder push the top part of velvet in to a slot
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Next I glue in the bottom and it is done. Looks too complicated but the result is perfect - never have any complaint about the velvet comes out.

so the entire inside of the velvet is covered with the tape? Id imagine you've bought a few different widths to accommodate?

I like the idea of a 1mm slot, but that's incredibly thin. May I ask how you cut that?

Yes, they have different widths available.
And for the slot I use the router saw similar to this one:
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the blade used is the deremel wood saw. It is 0.7 mm thick, so for 1mm slot I've set the saw teeth a bit more.

They are beautiful boxes and you are very generous with your information.
It is amazing what people can do with the CNC nowadays, but your design work on the inside really finishes them off.

Some more boxes finished. Sheoak and Marri timber. All have a lock and a removable tray with ring rolls:
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Here is a short video

Very nice Andrew,

Are you making your own ring holders,...?

And I couldn't get the video to work.

Regards, Paul

Hi Paul, try to see the video here:
https://www.facebook.com/solidtimber...4141997073894/

About the tray - Here are some details about making.
First off all, the joint. Before I've just cut 45 degree and glue. There was no problem but my perfectionism demands for the better one. So I've developed this unique trapezoidal finger mitre joint.
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The first and the last fingers are 45 degree, the others - 15
This joint has all contact surfaces machined so the joint is perfectly precise.
Here is the video how it is made:


the tray after the sanding and finishing:
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Next I glue velvet on walls and the bottom.


The tray is divided in to two parts - sockets and ring rolls.
The socket walls are cut from 4mm plywood
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Next - lined with velvet on 2 side tape:
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Glued together:
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Next it is glued in the tray:
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The ring rolls. I make them from a door sealer 15mm rolls from Bunnings
First I apply the tape on the velvet:
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Next I cover the rolls one by one:
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The velvet sides fixed by the same tape:
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The glue is applied on the tray bottom:
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And the rolls are glued in:
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Hey Andrew,

Very well done, very intricate and well thought out. Let me know when your ready to sell that CNC router,

Regards, Paul