Thread: My First

Noelhi1
You have every right to be proud of your achievements. I'm sure your daughters will be proud of your work for their lifetime.

What he said! What he said!

Well done, you are now hooked. Part of the satisfaction is seeing a job completed much faster than furniture. It is a nice break.

Regards
Billy

I do like the simplicity of the design. They look very nice and the workmanship is great.

To me they are a bit out of proportion. They look a little bit too high but I guess it is a personal thing.

Very nicely done noelhi1. Did you make the chest they are siting on too?

Great work. The recipients will certainly be thrilled.

Questions: Mitre joints on the corners, are they reinforced with splines or just good fits glued together? The top is a solid piece. How did you manage to get it so flat that it closes exactly, and is there any danger of it cupping? How is the bottom fixed in, is it glued to support the mitre joints? These are all questions that I am wrestling with at the moment in coming up with ways to solve my problems.

Though your first boxes they are ahead of where I am at the moment.

Thanks Dr Zook
Yes it's a cabinet of drawers for a Xmas gift to my son he does drawing so called Scientific Illustration for identification of insects and plants. Photo's taken do not give a true identification so they have to be hand drawn. the top draw is to hold his specimens and No 2 to hold is drawings (size 3A ) the rest for storage of equipment he uses.
The timber is silky oak and flooded gum (ROSE GUM) I laminated strip of flooded gum into the silky oak. I got the idea and design out of AWR No 56 by Graham Sands
This is my sons web site he has not updated for some time but will give you some idea of his work
http://users.tpg.com.au/adslgd6g/index.htm

Here is some photos of the cabinet thanks Dr Zook

Hi noelhi1

Some very VERY beautiful work there. But, um, are you sure the beautiful jewellry boxes are bloodwood???? The grain looks like oak to me, she oak-style oak????

Any chance of a slightly closer & clearer picture of the grain.

(any scaps left over)

cheers
Wendy

Originally Posted by RufflyRustic

Hi noelhi1

Some very VERY beautiful work there. But, um, are you sure the beautiful jewellry boxes are bloodwood???? The grain looks like oak to me, she oak-style oak????

Any chance of a slightly closer & clearer picture of the grain.

(any scaps left over)

cheers
Wendy

The timber came from a Friends property he also owns a large saw mill in Grafton It was a large old tree that came down in a storm it had abundance of concentric gum vains and the center had rot through it as a lot of old blood wood trees do
The color of the boxes is natural
Australia has 3 types Bloodwood Red thats this one and Bloodwood Pale and Bloodwood Brown cheers Noel

Originally Posted by Fencepost2

Great work. The recipients will certainly be thrilled.

Questions: Mitre joints on the corners, are they reinforced with splines or just good fits glued together? The top is a solid piece. How did you manage to get it so flat that it closes exactly, and is there any danger of it cupping? How is the bottom fixed in, is it glued to support the mitre joints? These are all questions that I am wrestling with at the moment in coming up with ways to solve my problems.

Though your first boxes they are ahead of where I am at the moment.

Hi Fencepost2 (1)the corners are only glued I get a good fit by using a 12 inch flat sanding wheel with 220 grit (2) All the timber is completely dry I dry all my timber in a hot house (covered with plastic and using 3 cheap fans and one exhaust fan at one end high to get rid of the moist air) the equilibrium moisture content for this area is 11-12% at that there should not be much movement in that size of timber. ( the bottom is 3 mm ply the sides and ends I routed a 3mm x 6mm grove and ply is glued all around this help with the strength for the corners I hope this has helped you but to solve most problems have your timber dried to start with.
Cheer Noel

Oh yes, as a nordic fella I have learned to appreciate one-piece straight lid constructions. They are very demanding for both fitting and how the wood is treated (dried, cutted and finished, that is).

But when it works out and makes a success like there, it is really something to highlight . Well done!

kippis,

sumu

Great work and great timber.

Thanks Noel

That grain is amazing!!! I still can't believe it's not she-oak - but I do believe you, Noel, that it is bloodwood.

Totally amazing!! Lucky you and lucky the recipient of the box

cheers
Wendy