Thread: making a tissue box

The box looks good especially with the mitred edges.. great work!

So I went back into the W/S intending to try and finish the box in one day (three sessions in all)




found some bits of maple and black walnut sufficient to construct a lid.



Cut them to pattern and fit.



Glued them up and clamped this time to get tight seams. (not glued through centre pieces, left dry)



30 minutes work.



I went back in the evening intending to cut aperture and fit to carcass but the glue had not matured enough, the glue lines were still tacky, (the weather is not now so warm so taking longer to set?)
So will have to finish another session shortly.

You make it look so easy, I'm tempted to give it a go myself but I'm missing a few things...a clean workbench, a block of maple and a jointer. Might have to break out the handplanes.

Good to see you back in the shed too.

You don't muck around do you - straight back into it

Thanks for taking the time to take the pics and posting them -

Went into the W/S last evening for 15 minutes to cut aperture from that timber preparation on last picture above.

The pieces are strapped together and a semi ellipse is cut using a tissue box paper pattern, laid back on my make up board again and reglued as a single piece.

lid now ready to be glued to carcass when edges rebated and roundovers done to all edges of lid and carcass.



Should finish this one today and I might get another in before shutdown of workshop for season.

Nice work as always.

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The pieces are strapped together and a semi ellipse is cut using a tissue box paper pattern, laid back on my make up board again and reglued as a single piece.





How did you cut it? Jigsaw..?

I use the bandsaw, but jig saw would be OK, I do us a drum sander in my drill press to clean up when piece has be finished and then a roundover bit used on the router table plus a rebate bit to set the lid in.