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- I received a brief for my mother-in-law’s Christmas present, a jewellery box designed to display necklace chains. Here is the finished result.
The main carcase is in brown oak with the plinth and crown in walnut. Small fittings are ebony. The door is beech framed with walnut and with walnut slips. It’s a plywood back rebated in. It’s not possible to see the hanging system, but this is made of hickory strips drilled and then cut on the bandsaw to make hooks, which seems to work ok. The finish is three coats of Danish oil rubbed down hard between.
The sections of this piece did not want to come square despite using a shooting board, but the glue up went reasonably ok. I was going to rout the plinth sections, but messed this up finally resorting to an old moulding plane of my Dad’s and then gradually planing the sections together (there was insufficient timber length to do the moulding and then cut the four lengths from one piece).
I’m most pleased with the timber choice, which I think has worked quite well. Perhaps the coarse grained oak and the fine grained beech don’t quite fit, but everything seems to like that walnut. This is the first time that I’ve used ebony and it felt good, almost like plastic.
The piece was meant to have surface pinned hinges, but this is Blackpool so I’ve yet to locate the pins. I fell back on some very nice butt hinges (Rutlands) but of course I’d glued up without cutting the mortises. The chisel and no 722 router plane just enabled me to work in these mortises and I think that the hinges look ok. Just try not to notice that the door edge got over planed getting it to fit.
Overall a tricky little job with several set backs, but all the more satisfying when it has come together at the end. There’s no guarantee that the mother-in-law will like it; an earlier job I did for her has been squandered. Hi ho – families eh!
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| | - Elm, oak and beech box project
- This project is very similar to Leanne's box apart from the addition of oak and elm to the timber mix, different proportions, different lid style and a metal handle (cost more than everything else combined). So maybe not too similar then.
Although beautiful, this beech timber had a number of shakes, which I was unable to remove or really fill properly. The cutting waste to minimise the impact of these shakes was considerable. However, with the shakes placed inside the piece, there is little visual effect. Other constructional issues are discussed in the picture descriptions.
Prior to finishing the piece was not sanded, with the cabinet scrapers being used instead; I think that this gives a superior finish that brings out the timber's full quality. The finish itself is three coats of Danish oil, rubbed down hard, with two coats of paste wax.
I hope that you like looking at this piece. It is a Christmas present for two dear friends.
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| | - Leanne's box
- This is a box built for my physiotherapist without whom my elbow would still be in pretty bad shape. I've not given it to her yet, so I hope that she likes it.
The box's main body is figured beech with extra walnut bits. Finish is one coat of Danish Oil followed by three of satin varnish.
You can see the construction, but I was quite pleased with the way the dove tails worked out. Cutting out the base has given a pleasant light casket feel to the piece I think. - 3 photo(s) (1 MB)
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| | - Finished jobs
- Single shots of finished woodworking projects
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| | - Life profile
- Assorted photos of general life in Blackpool
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- Album was created 3 years 1 month ago and modified 1 year 11 months ago
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| | - David's 'workshop'
- My workshop is in our detached garage. The roof leaks and the floor floods when it rains hard, so it's quite hard to keep water away from my tools and wood store. Hey ho! My and my wife's bikes are also kept in there. Not perfect but I manage to make some useful things.
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- Album was created 2 years 4 months ago and modified 2 years 4 months ago
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