Thread: Simple blackwood and sheoak box

Nice looking box there Bob, those mitre joints look pretty good to me. I always find getting nice clean fitting mitre joints is very difficult, hence I only use them when I really have to, which isn't often.

Great job,

Paul

Looks very good Bob. My most used joint is keyed mitred. The shooting board is a must, if there is a slight gap I use a round burnishing rod to push the seam closed or glur & sawdust rubbed into the seam before final sanding. i am currently trying the sawdust & gel CA glue us a filler & fibre strengthener it's working very well for me. wipe on poly seals without darkening the timber.

Thanks for those tips RGP. I had heard of pushing the points together but using a burnisher is new to me.

Hi Labr@,

I used to have the same problem with mitres but now use a method taught to me by boxmaker Andrew Crawford in the UK (www.fine-boxes.com)

A very simple 45 degree fence/jig on my disc sander trues up mitres perfectly:

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My sander is only 300mm (12 inches) but easily handles all my box work. Using this technique you can cut the mitres using any method then finish off on the sander.

As an aside, Andrew has a monster 3 phase double-sided 24 inch beast he nicknamed “Frank Zappa” (the manufacturer was FZ machinery):

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Best regards,

Brian

Homey, that's the way we were taught at Sturt, on the monster disc sander there, 30" dia. from memory.

I've done a set of step by step photos, if I can dig them out I'll put them up as a separate thread.

My then 10yo granddaughter used the method to make this box.

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Originally Posted by AlexS

if I can dig them out I'll put them up as a separate thread.

Thanks Alex, that could be mighty helpful.
Looks like the gd inherited a good amount of talent.