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Something a bit different
Hi gang, I'm always looking for something a bit different when it comes to boxes. Around last Christmas I seen the plans for this on some site up in the USA and purchased them (hard copy posted, nice glossy plans). When they arrived I was pretty crook at that time and just poked them away. Recently I got them out and got stuck into making this box. If I was going to make one I may as well make two of course.
I followed the plans pretty much to the letter BUT did want to add one extra feature. As the plans did not allow for any splines in the mitre joints I decided to make a "key" or whatever you want to call it, to run up and down the full length of the mitre joint for extra strength. Obviously a normal spline would have messed up the effect of the box.
The making of these boxes was very fiddly and time consuming and of course used a lot of timber, but I am very happy with the final result. The timber I used is Flooded Gum, Queensland Beech and Rosewood. I would normally do a mitre joint on my Makita drop saw (Bunnings), but with the height being 110mm, that's out of reach, I think my drop saw pulls up at about 90mm. (Box is 250mm x 140mm x 110mm).
I did all the mitre cuts including the "key" all on my DeWalt table saw with the blade in the upright 90 degree position. By using a jig I made up a couple of years ago.
Not really sure what you would call this box, it's not really a jewellery box as it doesn't have any tray or ring holders, that would once again, take away the effect when the box is opened.
As I say I am always looking for something a bit different, currently also working on a couple of ring holder boxes with a "mosaic effect lid insert".
Paul