Pivot hinge box

**greenman** · 14th June 2010, 02:38 PM

I'm just beginning to finish serveral boxes that I now feel happy with after exploring a number of techniques for joints, finishing and styles.

I am particulalry pleased with my first pivot hinge lid box made from Red Gum and American Oak.

**RufflyRustic** · 14th June 2010, 08:36 PM

Very nicely done!! a good mix of timbers, too

What did you think of the american oak? What was it like to work with? What finish did you use? how big is the box??

I luurrrve wooden boxes

So what's next?

Cheers
Wendy

**munruben** · 15th June 2010, 11:37 PM

Nice looking box and a great choice of timbers.

**Billyboydes** · 16th June 2010, 08:22 AM

Nice work, I look forward to seeing your future work.
regards
Billy

**greenman** · 16th June 2010, 10:12 PM

Originally Posted by RufflyRustic

Very nicely done!! a good mix of timbers, too

What did you think of the american oak? What was it like to work with? What finish did you use? how big is the box??

I luurrrve wooden boxes

So what's next?

Cheers
Wendy

Thanks for the feed back. The box was approx 150mm x 100mm x 50mm which suited the cards well and finish was a coat of danish oil and then wax. I tried lots of different finishes on some sample pieces of about 10 timbers and decided I preferred the results of this over the others I tried...a very enlightning exercise!

The oak was not too difficult to work although I keep finding little nicks and dents which I hadn't noticed before, something to eradicate next time.

**RufflyRustic** · 17th June 2010, 10:35 AM

That is a tiny box! Good to hear the testing finishes exercise was very useful. I've some american and english oak I'd like to try out at some stage, so it's handy to know about the dents and such.

Thanks

Wendy

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