W.I.P. - Building Basic Boxes
I find I quite enjoy following others WIP's so I thought I would try my own.
I need to make a large batch of boxes in three sizes. Except of the size I am just planning as I go along. Unfortunately I don't have my camera at the minute so I will just take phone shots when I remember. Well the first weekend is over ..... I am lacking workshop fitness as I feel sore all over! It has also been difficult as I have yet to set up the shed so I spend a lot of time looking for tools in boxes, sometimes wondering if I even have them, and then there is the issue of having to move everything around. Oh well sometimes it is best just to get on with it.
Anyway recap of days 1 & 2.
Take recycled floor boards to the tablesaw. Slice off the tongue and groove. Run boards through thicknesser to dress both sides. The jointer hasn't been restored yet so I will have to just get by and play it by ear.
Next step is the bandsaw to resaw the stock into two to produce roughly 10mm boards. I put in a new blade and spent some time setting the bearings up ..... time well spent as it actually cut very well. Image 1 shows the result of re-sawing some black box which was unfortunately joined before I purchased it which resulted in me cutting through some biscuits (this was posted yesterday).
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Image 2 shows a collection of boards already re-sawn. Species include black box, jarrah, silver wattle, Kapur and Kauri. The jarrah splinters sure like my hands!
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Image 3 & 4 is a quick little stop I whipped up for the SCMS to enable repeatable cuts without having to measure. I have a Rockler flick stop that I intend to fit to the saw but I need to work on the project so this will need to take a back seat. Very simple idea, setup the distance from the blade to the bolt. Drop the bolt and line up the stock. Remove the bolt so that the off cut isn’t wedged in place and rinse and repeat. I was fairly pleased with the results and made repeatable cuts easily. Look forward to a more permanent solution in the future.
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Image 5 – Using the stop block above I cut all the side components for each of the three sized boxes from the same length of re-sawed stock to ensure same thickness and colour. From bottom to top is small, large and medium. Shortly following this shot I put rubber bands around each set so they wouldn’t get mixed up. To the left is the rest of the re-sawn timber which will be for lids and possibly spare if I stuff any up.
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Image 6 – More time wasted having to setup the Incra in the router table after the move. The stock was taken to the template book to decide which joint to use. I like the look and the ease of box joints so it was just a matter of selecting spacing and bit size.
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Image 7 – First set of joints cut. It was a new router bit and I am not 100% happy with the fit yet, or lack of. I will need to look into it further but it may be the case that the bit is slightly under size and as the Incra is so accurate it doesn’t take much. It may also be the case of using the 3/16” bit, I normally do 1/4". It was getting late in the afternoon so I didn’t feel like spending any more time on it today. I had planned on using the Incra hold down to secure the stock to the right angle fixture. In the past I have had issues trying to use g-clamps due to the twisting action when tightening (throwing the stock out of square) and I have never been too happy with the timber handscrew clamps due to their size. As I couldn’t find the Incra hold downs I tried the Lidwig X4. It was actually very convenient. As the size is set it is quick and easy to swap over the stock without having to readjust the clamp. The size of the clamp is small enough not to try and tilt or twist the right andgle fixture and given it is a pinch action, not twist, the stock stays nice and square.
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Image 8 – As the boxes are going to be fairly similar I thought I will mix the details up a little to add interest. I loaded two of the 3/16” templates into the Incra so without having to change any setup, with the exception of the template being used, I tried a different spacing of the joint.
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Well that is all for the time being ….. back at it again next weekend.
P.S. Sorry about having to host the images off site .... I was getting an error when using manage attachments.