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19th September 2011, 11:05 AM #1
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Punters Box
Hey everyone. My father in-law likes to have a flutter on the horses, and asked me to make him a box to keep his TAB tickets, along with other horse racing stuff in. So here it is. Cypres Pine sides with Qld Maple lid. The Scroll saw cut out of the Gee Gee's is PNG Rosewood + Rosewood splines. 10 coates of Shellac, with a light cut back with 600 grit paper between coates, then after final coat, burnished with 0000 steel wool, then 2 coates of Traditional Wax. Cheers.
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19th September 2011, 12:56 PM #2
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That should do the job nicely. Looks great.
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19th September 2011, 06:51 PM #3
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20th September 2011, 06:01 PM #4
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Nice work and finish too, I would like to do that, but!
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20th September 2011, 06:06 PM #5
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Beautiful finish. The depth of colour is amazing. Lovely box.
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20th September 2011, 07:44 PM #6
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Very nicely done.
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21st September 2011, 01:49 PM #7
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Cyprus Pine looks terrific
I've been wondering how cyprus pine would look when used for a box. Your box looks terrific and I am now inspired to find some nice cyprus for a box of my own.
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23rd September 2011, 11:16 AM #8
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Nice work indeed. Cyprus pine is great to work with and turns well too. You have achieved a really nice finish. Congratulations.
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1st October 2011, 09:19 PM #9
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Thats a nice piece of work. I have a coupleof questions if you dont mind:
-What sort of saw did you use for cutting the mitres
-Did the cypress start out fairly light coloured. I am impressed by the depth of colour that you got from the shellac and wax
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4th October 2011, 06:49 PM #10
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Hey ClintO. Sorry for the late reply. I usually hang out over on the Pen Making forums. Anyway. The saw blade I use for all my spline work is an Italian blade called ... Qualita model LUI1E 0100 low noise, Silent cutting saw blade. It is SOoooooo quiet. It cuts & cleans at the same time. NOT cheap, about $120 from memory. I got it fron Gregory Machinery Brisbane, at the Working With Wood Show, in May this year. It macke perfect spline cuts every time. I have made a great jig for box splines, so each cut is perfect. Re- The Cypress Pine. I had to hunt through the timber yards stock to get some nice boards, all tongue in groove, but with lots of grain features. I drive the blokes nuts when I turn up at the timber yard. They run when they see me coming, haha.
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4th October 2011, 07:08 PM #11
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Hey ClintO, here are a few pics of my Mitre & Tenon cutting Jig & Spline cutting Blade. Cheers.
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