A diamond pattern tissue box

Timbers are tobe Maple and sapele.

Started Friday evening, it was too warm in the shed during the daytime.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...oody/3w-18.jpg

Got out some sapele and maple

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...oody/2w-19.jpg

Did some stripping, (the purple heart board is there as a spacer to enable the crown guard to drop down inside the fence)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...oody/4w-19.jpg

Obtained 12 strips.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...oody/5w-17.jpg

Restarted Saturday afternoon in the warm shed!

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Cut 4 diamonds shapes by hand, the pieces were too small for me on a machine.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...oody/6w-13.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...oody/7w-14.jpg

Then found I needed some more maple stock so cut a short length off the plank to reduce weight.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...oody/8w-14.jpg

Put through the bandsaw and then machined on the planer/thicknesser ready for another start hopefully Monday.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...oody/9w-12.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ody/10w-14.jpg

This will be an interesting design. Look forward to seeing its progress.:2tsup:

Going to be nice. But is it really 28 degrees in Devon? I thought the Gulf Stream was being diverted and everyone freezing over there.

Prepared the maple boards, (only got five pieces off the block this time)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...oody/12w-9.jpg

laid out the strips to prepare for cutting to lengths.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...oody/13w-8.jpg

Set the twelve pieces on my sled to cut all to equal lengths.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...oody/14w-6.jpg

Then chickened out and only cut 6 lengths at a time, didnt fancy the holding position on the sled. :wink:

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finished up with 24 lengths.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...oody/16w-7.jpg

Then stopped for the days session, had a heavy day yesterday, went to a neighbours retirement party and played the keyboard for three hours and that zonked me.

Computer going to the doctors in the morning to have Windows xp with service pack 3 loaded direct from a windows disk. The patch update is not satisfactory for loading some new software when needed.

I have handcut strips and fitted in diamond shapes.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...oody/17w-7.jpg

They have cleaned up OK.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...oody/18w-4.jpg

Box carcass glued and shaping up ok.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...oody/20w-5.jpg

The lid is also in preparation.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...oody/21w-5.jpg

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Wondering how that design woul look with an elongated diamond as the openimg in the top.

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Originally Posted by artme

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Wondering how that design woul look with an elongated diamond as the openimg in the top.

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Thanks for the idea, or you might do one yourself?

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Originally Posted by jow104

Thanks for the idea, or you might do one yourself?

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Probably not as a tissue box.

Woody UK
I just love to see work in progress photos because I learn so much from them.
Your design is beatuiful, I love the 2 contrasting colours and the diamond
Thank you for sharing
Cheers

Woody1, its a pleasure for me as well. Wait til you see the next one started this morning, its got some Aussie timber which I think is redgum.

I will look forward to it

Cheers

Completed the diamond pattern tissue box apart from shellac and waxing which will be done tonight when its cooler.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ody/12w-10.jpg

(Couldn't resist putting it on the wife's laptop table :wink: )

The veneered box is awaiting the present heatwave to die down.

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Originally Posted by jow104

Couldn't resist putting it on the wife's laptop table :wink:.

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Show off:D Nice work mate:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

Very nice work.