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  1. 13th June 2011, 09:01 PM #1
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    Default WIP - Old-fashioned Pencil boxes

    I've been wanting to use up some spare wood for these for some time. The two goxes will be made from red beech and indonesion cedar respectively. The indonesian stuff is wooly and difficult to work but polishes up very nicely. The lids will be made from some left-over spalted sassafras.
    I thought I would share my progress.
    Step 1 a mock up in ply to make sure the idea works
    Step 2 the sides and ends cut and crooved for lids and bases
    Step 3 cut the bases and rebate the edges. My router is currently in for a repair so I had to use the table saw.
    Step 4 Dry fit to allow for inner workings.
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    Do you think you could PM me a plan for this box?
    It looks great.

    Thanks Ben
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    Thumbs up

    Nice job!!
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  5. 15th June 2011, 10:05 AM #4
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    Default box plans

    Hi Ben,
    I'll do my best on the plan. I haven't really mapped it out in that much detail.
    I have some more photos to post later with the swivel mechanism. Give me a couple of days to see if I can put together the drawings.

    Cheers
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  6. 15th June 2011, 11:43 AM #5
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    I have mocked up some drawings on Googlesketch. I'm not yet very good at this so I hope you can follow it. They out line the basic components.

    The design is simply one basic box stacked on another with a sliding lid. The blocks at each end inside the box are to allow the swivel and angled cut.

    The size of the boxes are 305mmx100mm x80mm tall for each level.
    The blocks are 70mm wided by 45mm. I have used a secondary piece out of which I cut a circle using a hole saw. The centre drill leaves a 6mm hole which can take the dowel. I glue the dowel to the circle, rub the base and part of the shaft with parrafin wax then a drop of pva glue in the bottom of the hole in the top layer and press together.

    Cut the angle cut at 20 degrees across and sloping 20 degrees front to back with a japanese saw before glueing the cut-off to the bottom layer. The bases are a plywood insert 6mm thick.
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  7. 18th June 2011, 07:33 PM #6
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    Default More Pictures - They're finished.

    They're done and here are some more pictures on the way through.

    That indonesian cedar (I've forgatton its real name) has turned out well. Its cheap, wooly and difficult to work but it polishes up so well.

    Finished in danish oil and traditional wax.
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    A lot of thought and effort went into that. Well done.
    Very nice end result.

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    Thanks for the WIP Stevlyn. Looks really great.
    Reality is no background music.
    Cheers John
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