Its time to jump into the next project, this one has been on my list for a while now, I've got the stock on the rack so its time time get it done.
The initial design, this may change slightly as we go along but the dimensions and overall shape are close. The box will be built out of mahogany for the sides and lid. the sides will be resawn out of 8/4 mahogany to allow a full grain match at all four corners. The lid panel will be made out of birds eye maple and the feet and mitered keys will be ebony.
First step is to get the material ready for the sides, top and bottom of the box. Here you can see the bottom panel glued up; you could use a piece of ply wood or mdf here because we will be lining the bottom with felt, BUT to add that little extra touch for those situations where someone turns the box over and sees a solid wood panel just makes the difference between a hand made box and one produced in a factory.
Here's my resaw setup for now, I picked this jig up from Charles Neils resaw DVD. you draw a line down the board to be resawn, then cut a shallow curf on the table saw. Next, you run the board through using the single point fence as a pivot point. You can't cut paper thin veneers with this setup but it makes quick work of cutting a board in half.
A simple miter sled that I built which attaches to the stock miter bar. A stop block is used to make sure that each each set of the sides are the exact same length.
The sides dry fitted. Next steps will include cutting the groves for the top and bottom, dry fitting again to measure for the top and bottom panels.
The initial design, this may change slightly as we go along but the dimensions and overall shape are close. The box will be built out of mahogany for the sides and lid. the sides will be resawn out of 8/4 mahogany to allow a full grain match at all four corners. The lid panel will be made out of birds eye maple and the feet and mitered keys will be ebony.
First step is to get the material ready for the sides, top and bottom of the box. Here you can see the bottom panel glued up; you could use a piece of ply wood or mdf here because we will be lining the bottom with felt, BUT to add that little extra touch for those situations where someone turns the box over and sees a solid wood panel just makes the difference between a hand made box and one produced in a factory.
Here's my resaw setup for now, I picked this jig up from Charles Neils resaw DVD. you draw a line down the board to be resawn, then cut a shallow curf on the table saw. Next, you run the board through using the single point fence as a pivot point. You can't cut paper thin veneers with this setup but it makes quick work of cutting a board in half.
A simple miter sled that I built which attaches to the stock miter bar. A stop block is used to make sure that each each set of the sides are the exact same length.
The sides dry fitted. Next steps will include cutting the groves for the top and bottom, dry fitting again to measure for the top and bottom panels.
Hi David,
ReplyDeletejust wondering how you're coming along with this project? It looks really interesting but you don't seem to have posted an update in a while.
John
John, I did make some progress, the top and bottom are completed and the box is dry assembled. It has been dry assembled for at least 6 months now as we moved our home which means the shop moved and at the same time we had a new born join us. I am hoping to get back to it in the next 4-6 weeks though.
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