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First "nice" box
Have been having some fun knocking together some smallish storage boxes for the shed. It's been good to make something that's useful no matter how shabby it turns out :rolleyes:.
I don't know how, but my cuts have been getting a little neater and squarer, the right amount of glue goes on, and I'm just a bit more comfortable with the tools.
Thought I would use my over-confidence and try out a few different techniques that I've been reading about and trying here and there to make a little jewellery box for my beloved, and this is how it went.
Decided on a simple rectangle shape using Porta 35x8mm Tas Oak.
- Glued strips into panels for the lid and base
- Rebate with the router to make half-lap joints
- Try mitres for the box corners
- Chisel rebates for the internal dividers
- Use different sandpaper grades and polish
- Add a little decoration to the lid to relieve the very plain appearance
Lots of mistakes, lots of learning, lots of dodginess, lots of fun :U
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Nice work, well done.:2tsup:
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Careful Lum,
If you keep going the "Box Bug" bites you, and then you're addicted.
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Sweet as Lum!! Love the decorative touch!!:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:
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Thanks all for your very kind words :B.
Your support is huge !!!
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Looks great. Well done Lum.
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well done.....beware, it is a slippery downward slope.....but it does get the brain working again.
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Very nice work. I'm sure your wife was thrilled to get such a thoughtful gift. :)
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Hey Cisco,
She liked the box, which was a Valentine's Day pressie.
But she liked the stuff to put in it that I got her for her birthday the day after even more !!! :D
lum
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You have got quite few brownie points with this one . Luv the "Gum Nuts"
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nice work Lum, wish i had time to do it. i note in the pics that you have a galv shed, may i ask how big it is and how noisy does it get in (and from a neighbours perspective) there?
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hello scubabob,
The shed was on the property when bought, in the backyard, two galv sheds butted together on a single slab, total 3x7m. I've commandeered a 3x3m space for my pottering about in, the rest is storage for boxes 'n' other stuff.
The slab doesn't look like it had any reo in it, has got two major cracks but only shifted by about half an inch. I've put yellow-tongue floor on the 3x3 section and lined two walls with 7mm ply. That's certainly reduced the original racket a bit, but I'm not sure how loud the saws are from the outside.
One of my shabby boxes is right next to the bench and holds my eye and ear protection. One of the best things I've done, it's now an easy habit to reach over and put them on when needed and put them away when done. It only takes a few seconds and they also stay clean. That certainly keeps the noise down from the operator's perspective.
Hope this sort of gives you something to work with.
lum