Thread: learning box

G'day,
and welcome aboard.
The box looks good, and the lid obviously works!
Well Done

I agree with Noel, the box looks good and it works. Good work.

Now you have done it ....box making will take over your life... and judging from your first attempts you will be a great box maker
les

Good start. You've avoided the trap of making the sides too thick. You might consider putting contrasting splines in to strengthen the mitres and make it a bit more visualy interesting. Looking forward to seeing the next one.

For your second box this has turned out great. Mitres can be a real challenge, and you have done well. Looking forward to the WIP pics.

Nice work for your second try.

Nice work Avenger. I like the way you have matched the grain around the sides of the box.

Thats a great looking box and clever top.

Tom

Well done!!

[Now, I'm on to more detailed work. The next one will be a quilted maple/sapele piece. I'll post a new thread when I have some WIP pictures.[/quote]


And you know with such great timbers, you won't be able to put a foot wrong. The results will be great.

Carry Pine

Great work!

There's nothing wrong with having a 'learning' box. I've kept a couple of mine. One in particular I call the Fred Flintstone box. It does nothing but sit there gathering dust, reminding me of what not to do

Good luck with your next box. The other side effect from the addiction of building boxes is enjoying photos of other people's box making efforts. I find that just as addictive and enjoyable/inspiring as building them

cheers
Wendy

RE: enjoying photos of other people's box making efforts
Oh yea. I've been trolling here for almost three months. All I've been doing is reading the build threads and leering at some of the great work. Like many here, I'm not afraid to say that ideas and inspiration are taken from seeing these projects.

RE: clever top
Would that I could take the credit for that one. I'm going through an instructional book I picked up. In the beginner section, this was one of the lids described. It seemed to be the simplest of the bunch, so that's what I used. If you can make it out in the pics, it's a really easy technique. That would explain why it's in the 'beginner' section.

RE: Mitres can be a real challenge & splines
AMEN, BRUTHA! The thin wood (1/4") left almost nothing to glue together! The slightly wobbly band clamp didn't help much either. The corners aren't all 100% even, but they're close... maybe 98% square. I can say this: I'll not attempt miters again on such a thin-walled piece. I seriously considered splines, but I decided against it. I will be using them in the future, but not this time.

Thanks to everyone for all the positive re-enforcement, engcouragement, and kind words. I know the box isn't much and looks a pretty plain, but it served it's purpose. I learned a lot from it.