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Thread: Rosewood Box
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25th July 2007, 10:47 AM #1
Rosewood Box
This is my latest attempt. I only know the dark wood as Rosewood, comes from the brigalow belt in Qld. it is hard and heavy/dense.The termites end up known as gummies and with hernia,s.Can be a bit tricky to work has a tendency to split. The dimension are L300x d 225x h 210 and weighs in at a healthy 15kg. I used a No16 birdsmouth router bit for the lid, glued it together and then routered out the rebate for the inlay. I used rebated butt joints for the box itself .The front of the drawers are a pine from an old pallet. The lid was too heavy for the 92 deg opening piano hinge so I had to use the chain to take the weight of the lid in the open position. The finish is 3 coats of organo oil, sanded back to 400 between coats.
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25th July 2007, 10:55 AM #2
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25th July 2007, 10:57 AM #3
Yep don't know what went wrong but they are there now
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25th July 2007, 11:14 AM #4
Wow - that is dark rosewood. Any chance of a picture of the box from the front, lid down?
Love the chest!
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25th July 2007, 12:06 PM #5
Ok wendy, here's it is. It is dark but I have seen this timber range from a light redish brown through to black. the sap wood is cream
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25th July 2007, 12:46 PM #6Making quality sawdust
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WOW! That one went in my inspiration file at super sonic speed.
That is one fantastic looking box.
Superb job pal and thanks for sharing.Cheers,
Bob
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25th July 2007, 01:51 PM #7
I like that a lot... interesting timber mix which really makes the box. Nice work!
Corey
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25th July 2007, 02:16 PM #8
Thanks Pal!
Yep - I thought that was some interesting birdseye and small knots on the front How did you shape the lid?
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25th July 2007, 06:04 PM #9
Thanks everybody for the encouragement . Wendy I used what is called a bird's-mouth router bit.You have to decide how many staves, the diameter, the stave width and the material thickness. There are formulars for working out 6,8,12 & 16 sided objects, also the material thickness in the same sided objects.I have attached a part of the booklet that comes with the bits it will give you some idea of the shape of the bits and the set up .
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25th July 2007, 06:10 PM #10
I like the colour, timber combination you have chosen, nice work.
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Cheers John
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25th July 2007, 07:57 PM #11
Ripper box there Pal. Well done.
Thanks for sharing.
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Pops
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26th July 2007, 10:13 AM #12
Nice mix of wood and pics Pal
Ray
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26th July 2007, 10:14 AM #13
Thanks Harold
Very interesting - I've not come across this method before.
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27th July 2007, 08:09 AM #14
Wendy they used to use this joint on wooden masts & spars (boats).The lads in the boat forum may be able to shed more light on it for you. You only router one edge of the board the other edge remains square. The profile of the joint doesn't let it slip like a normal mitre does, makes it a lot easier in gluing up & of course a larger glue face
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27th July 2007, 09:32 AM #15
thanks again Pal! very useful - it's gone into my hints & tips file.
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