Jewellery Box

**aldav** · 25th April 2024, 06:16 PM

Well, following Paul's recent post about the 37 boxes he's just completed

here's my paltry effort of a single box. I do have another one on the go at the moment, but that's hardly an impressive output by comparison.

I haven't made any mitre joined boxes in a long time so these two current ones are a bit of a change for me. The carcase of this one is Spotted Gum with a Teak top panel, lined with chocolate coloured suede. Finished size is 310mm x 210mm x 110mm high. The finish is Mohawk semi-gloss pre-catalyzed lacquer applied by spray. Normally I use Feast Watson Fine Buffing Oil to finish boxes, but when I opened the can it had turned into a gelatinous blob. Nobody local had the Fine Buffing Oil in stock so it was fortunate that I had the Mohawk. Think I'll be looking for an alternative finish, anybody got any suggestions?
Apparently Andrew Crawford thinks the 2mm x 3mm secondary mortise at the bottom of the hinges is "ugly".

In my experience most people don't even notice it, and most that do don't seem too perturbed. Horses for courses I guess.

**jack620** · 25th April 2024, 07:36 PM

Looks good. Calling the notch ugly is a bit of a stretch. Of course, he has a financial motivation for saying that. I also love the FW Fine Buffing Oil and have had the same problem with it gelling. Nowadays when I want a silky oiled-look finish I use a mix of equal parts polyurethane, pure tung oil and turpentine. You can vary the ratio to suit your taste.

**Pauls321** · 25th April 2024, 11:04 PM

Very nice box Aldav, quite impressive. And I love your hinges. I used to buy that fine buffing oil years ago, and even the cabots danish oil from Bunnings. But my finish on all my boxes has now been for years my own Danish Oil. 1/3 gloss polyurethane, whatever brand, 1/3 white spirits and 1/3 boiled linseed oil. A 1 litre bottle/can of all 3 gives me 10 of those 300ml coca coca bottles, (that my wife drinks),............and I use them down to the last drop. No more jellying up like the ones I previously mentioned when they got down to about a third or so left in the can.

Wipe on, wipe off first coat. Next day, wipe on with 1200 wet and dry, which cuts it in, then wipe off. Next day, cut back with 1200 wet and dry, (dry), then apply wax, (I just use the Bunnings wax now, good as anything), then buff on my lambswool disc on drill press. Next day repeat previous day. Lovely finish after a good sanding to start with.

Paul

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