Thread: panel tissue box

Originally Posted by jow104

BTW those veneers smell like Zebrano, someone described the smell as very similar to a farmyard.

Yeah, the stink gives it away.

Found a piece of oak (european) that had come from Yandles odds bin that they do each open day at beginning and end of summer.

I have glued these four pieces to corners of long fronts.



Later I cut of the horns using a Japanese saw I have now had for a number of years, I forget the name of this particular one (perhaps you know?) but its a good un. It cuts clean because it has no set to the teeth so you can get a perfectly clean and undamaged finish, also its sharp and has lasted well. My hands these days are getting rheumatic so I have used a sanding block to hold piece to saw board to get some hold.



Also that saw can cut off very thin slivers with ease.



Finally got the four corners glued up by hook or crook. (those picture frame holders came from a car boot sale £1 )
Even got them into the kitchen!



Took the brackets and clamps off this morning and I am pleased with the outcome. (the masking tape is holding packing pieces in place whilst those two handed clamps are tightened up)

Very interesting. It is looking good.
I'm looking forward to seeing this one to the end.

Started the cleaning up process, ( found a use for the chisel holder given me last week, the tools go back in their storeage box when finished with)



The carcass starts to look smarter after sanding and a general tidy up I took the carcass to the router table and used a roundover bit and shaped the four corners.



The box is now ready for the next stage, a lid with aperture and bottom sliders to be created.



The lid I am trying to deviate from my usual arrangement, I want to laminate a swirly stripe pattern.

I have all these waste strip pieces laying around, some for ages, I will get out the cheap pva glue and water down (the diluted glue was perfect on the veneers, in fact it was rock hard on the seepage and quite difficult to clean off)
then make an egg shape former and try to do those laminations.

Looking great, John. I'm looking forward to seeing the top panel design.

That Japanese saw of yours' might be a flush-cutting (razor) saw, by the look of the blade.
Most other similar saws have a spine for rigidity. Does it cut on the 'pull' stroke?
Here's a 'Zona' flush-cut saw, 6 1/2" x 1 1/4", cuts on the 'pull' stroke: -

Well here goes, a laminated patterned lid for tissue box. (I might even make up some laminated boards later to make a box as well).

This is the partition that is normally released from a tissue box and I am using it for a template.



I located three different pieces of scrap to try out for a glue up frame. (one was ply packing from a supplied machine some years ago)



Used a piece of scrap oak in the end from that odd bin again and drew out the aperture needed and overall lid size plus a strip to create the shape.



Next I took the blade off the bandsaw for the first time on my new machine to replace with a 1/4" blade, lost around 40 minutes by the time the large blade was back on again. (I wished I had kept my old smaller machine, it would be handy to have two with different sized blades available)
I did a dry run using the cutout and a strip.



Next followed an hour or so of getting the strips prepared, got a kickback putting a piece through the thicknesser whilst holding the timber end, it felt just like six of the best that happened 65 years ago.



Started the lamination's but could only manage around half a dozen pieces because the pull on to the former is proving difficult for me with those rheumatic hands. So going to take it slowly and build up in steps.
(BTW never used those waste pieces laying around to create the strips, I wanted longer lengths for convenience, so now I have lots more waste bits building up)

Looking good.
Interesting method. Good to see you using your imagination

Hi woody UK. I've made and have been using this miter sled for picture frames etc, also on Bob's site, he has a video on a dedicated miter saw sled for box making, I also made this sled. Both are 'Deadly Accurate' and easy to build. Here is the link to his site and vid on miter sled. Bob's site is a real treasure trove of wonderful info on framing and box making. Cheers. http://theapprenticeandthejourneyman...-the-tablesaw/

Pariss, thanks for the link and the treasure trove. However it is still difficult getting a mitre joint to slender mouldings if the thin edge of the moulding is against the angled batten. The saw blade knocks things around a bit. Putting the mouldings on after mitre cuts is frought with problems also.



The process begins of building up the lid, the total width is around 140mm so at around 3mm thickness per strip that's about 46 strips needed.

The next section was getting difficult to pull a section of eight pieces on to former, they went on but later in the day a third section was added but this time I found a way of getting leverage, I put in a screw on the left hand end tight against 8 strips and then pulled it over to the right and bunged in another screw quickly.





I am leaving the laminations fastened down for around 6 hours and going back to add more, however this was the temperture at 5.30pm so not suitable for glue to set, so into the kitchen again and another telling off.

Another interesting one to watch.

Still proceeding. The far side of lid has been formed.



Started preparing for the near front of lid. So will post again hopefully in a couple of days when all laminations are ready for the next stage.

I have finally got the laminations completed.


Personally I am not happy about proceeding with these two pieces to make the lid for the above panel box, I feel it will be too busy and not attractive. So for the box already made I will make a plainer lid.


These laminations are going to be used for another box but the carcass will be more simple, just a plain maple.

I do not expect to make any progress again today, we are in the middle of another storm down here in Devon and its wet as well as cold so going to dream instead.

It is a little 'busy', as you say, but it's going to look great on a box that matches. I'm looking forward to seeing the completion of the laminated top.
Well done so far, it's looking good.

I like the idea on the lid. I guess I am going to have to wait to see how you were going to join and attach them to the box.