Thread: Tissue boxes 2011

Pleased to say that it looks like it is only going to be a very bruised ankle, the x ray was showing an old injury.

Timbers for harlequin located, there are two pieces of cherry and sapele, I would like to have enough on the smaller pieces without starting on the larger lumps.

Good day (Saturday) in the W/S.

Used this lump of cherry which actually was a timber spacer and I accidentally purloined it when loading timber at a timber yard 5 years ago. So a 220mm length even comes in useful eventually.



Cut the length of sapele on the bandsaw using a 6mm blade. It was so easy ripping with the blade this size, I will not go up to a 12mm blade in future because its a bind changing blades. Must ask Ian what is the benefit of using wider blades after that experience.



The timbers have all been machined to 25 x 20mm dimensions. I would like to have had the lengths all the same but using offcuts like I do it was not practical. It also means I cannot make the pattern up like making a cheeseboard pattern.



Set up my shooting board to lay out pattern pieces after cutting up those squares on my table saw sled.



Did a couple of trial runs.



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It is now Sunday morning and we have a gale together with heavy rains the first for months here in the S.W. so it will not be pleasant if I go out and start the gluing up of front and back.

I enjoy reading your posts, John. Thank you very much.

Looking very nice!
Very Insperational!

The first full lump glue up (front and rear to be resawn later to form two pieces) clean side.



The messy side.



They have glued up quite well but it was a bit like doing a jigsaw puzzle with the pieces already having impact glue to make things awkward. Although I used titebond 3.

Off to hand that display cabinet.

Popped into the shed yesterday afternoon and glued up the squares for the end panels and at the same time I ran the larger piece on the belt sander and it got very hot but cleaned up quite nicely. I shall have to use a filler to tidy up the faces. What do you recommend?



BTW. it uses quite a lot of glue, see the level line it was full when I started this box.

It was an exciting and a little stressful day in the W/S. I was going to saw the bits up to form boards.

So marked them out.



Set them up in the sled with loads of stops sub fences and back plates (to stop any tear out).



Even used thick paper to pack out for square cuts.



Then resawed them to half thickness and double up number of pieces. (nearly came a cropper the fence was not square to the blade, but I had extra thickness )



Then came the most stressful part of all, I put them all through the thickness to reduce to 10mm thick and obtained a clean face and no hiccups at all.



Then mitred the corners with more backing plates than normal to stop tear out .



Then glued the pieces up to form a box. (note not rebated this time for bottom runners, I will glue in slider bars.



Going to continue with the lid in harlequin if I can.

Miss this for a couple of days and you are just about finished.

Thanks all for comments, thinking ahead it might be a sunburst pattern for the next one but it would cause more waste timber.

Box on show and I am pleasantly surprised that filling of pattern will be minimal, that titebond glues well at all grain opposing surfaces as well.

Glued some more blocks up for lid but laying the part top on carcass I was not impressed so going this route with some harlequin banding that I was given some years ago by a forum member. Thanks again.

this harlequin box is looking wonderful John. Cant wait to see the finish and how the colours stand out.

Maxine

I am a little bit out, on exactly how you are going to do the lid but will wait and see.

Originally Posted by jow104

Glued some more blocks up for lid but laying the part top on carcass I was not impressed so going this route with some harlequin banding that I was given some years ago by a forum member.

Not impressed? It looked too busy?

Great job with thicknessing the ripped sides though! That's where I tend to come unstuck with similar jobs.

Skew, exactly my thoughts as well.