Thread: Tissue boxes 2011

Once again watching with much interest John.

Those that have not seen my method of making tissue boxes I am repeating the operation I use.

This is the jig I made to cut the mitres at box corners.

Clamp 1 holds the timber against the fence

Clamp 2 holds down the timber to the table

Clamp 3 is the stop block so each length remains constant.



Rear view of jig



The sides of carcass are then glued (after cutting dado slots with a router for bottom holding sliders of tissue box).

In addition further carcass boards are being glued up prior to mitering.

No metal clamps are used, masking tape is quite adequate to hold box square and firm whilst glue sets. Carcass boards are held in position by a couple of wood blocks screwed in position on my pasting board.



Box ready for lid and bottom sliders are the next job to do.

Always interested in a WIP .... good to see you back at work John!

Two carcasses and the third on the stocks which will have a double stripe because there was a rubbish spot needing cutting out on the Maple.



New pattern came to me overnight which I think might be first!

Love the boxes you made last year. Will keep an eye on these ones as well.

I had to prepare some more ash to do the lids for two of the boxes (also maple will also need preparing from a sawn board as well).

Photograph below shows the ash/sapelle being glued prior to going to the bandsaw to make an oval hole.



Around 20.45 pm., half time of that League Cup final I decided I would pop out to the workshop and put the above boards to bed so to speak and lo and behold I had a couple of intruders in my garden heading in the direction of an open bedroom window. What luck, 10 seconds later and they would have been out of my sight. I accosted them and demanded to know what the game was, the youth replied, "whats the time mate" . He got some verbals from me and I ran round my property to get the wife to telephone for the law and there were around 20 of them in our cul.de.sac.

The police moved them on it took around 30 minutes to get them dispersed from the area. They said they were on their way to a party, but there was no party and they dispersed in all directions.

So what luck for me to just walk out at the critical moment.

Now that's a real bugger to have someone come looking.

Keep up the good work on the tissue boxes.

Looking good,

Originally Posted by No skills

A touch of luck there! glad you caught them, we had a big spate of robberies here at the last big football event 6 or 7 sheds/garages turned over in a couple of hours while people were out watching the game.

The number of people congregated, around 15 young couples, I am informed most probably meant that they were probably looking out for a home unoccupied to crash and have a party.

After that sleepless night I eventually got out to the W/S and cut the apertures required on the lids as per pics.below.







Required for these prepared carcasses.



All does not go smoothly however, I wanted some more maple prepared and got out a lump from my storage area and put the the bandsaw. This did not cut well, it was rather heavy for me and I had difficulty controlling the timber past the blade, but I did manage to stay to the outside of the line.



All was not lost because it did have a decent straight edge on the rough timber. And I got a reasonable piece after working on the planer and then thicknesser.

I really must make a couple of tissue boxes myself. Yours are very inspiring John

Good to see you have thawed out John and are back in the saddel!!

Those cut=ous must have a use, surely?

RR, I can see I must make another trip to Toowoomba!

Artme, they would make bridges for your model railway?

Got the three lids on yesterday, but ran into a serious problem, can you spot it?
(use your zoom tool)



Cannot wait to get out to the workshop today, I've got loads of new ideas for tissue box patterns but cannot seem to work fast enough these days!

The problem was the first box, I had glued the top lid on to the bottom of box where sliders should go. I spotted it three hours later and yanked it off and it came away without damage and reglued it in its correct position and its OK.

Three boxes ready for varnishing.



Next design on the cards?



All to be 28 mm squares then turned to diamond position.

Then decided whilst I was looking for timber to start above I found that I had got a lot of timber lying around and taking up much room so got down and cleared up as follows.



But dumped this lot in a neighbours wheelie bin, they are away on holiday and I am partly in charge.



Finished up with enough for two boxes and another two to follow.

Love the way you do your Tissue Boxes, have made a few from your inspirational design. Thanks for sharing.