Mark Ball
06-18-2009, 7:37 PM
Howdy
Here is a walnut jewlery case I made for my daughters birthday (3rd). Plans were from current edition of wood mag. The only change I made was to put a small mirror inside instead of the self-stick velvet. I had the walnut left over from a gun cabinet project (see earlier post). Overall a fun project, however after gluing up the case I found it was a bit out of square, which made fitting the door a challenge. Also, I should have mortised the hinges a bit deeper. I was going to putz with this one for a while just to keep the shop open for business, but when wife saw it a deadline was imposed (birthday party is June 21st). So I did hurry a bit, but not too bad. Finish is BLO with several coats of cabot semi-gloss spray lacquer. I was very pleased with the finish aspect of this project. It is not shiny as the pictures would imply.
Comments are welcome.
Here is a walnut jewlery case I made for my daughters birthday (3rd). Plans were from current edition of wood mag. The only change I made was to put a small mirror inside instead of the self-stick velvet. I had the walnut left over from a gun cabinet project (see earlier post). Overall a fun project, however after gluing up the case I found it was a bit out of square, which made fitting the door a challenge. Also, I should have mortised the hinges a bit deeper. I was going to putz with this one for a while just to keep the shop open for business, but when wife saw it a deadline was imposed (birthday party is June 21st). So I did hurry a bit, but not too bad. Finish is BLO with several coats of cabot semi-gloss spray lacquer. I was very pleased with the finish aspect of this project. It is not shiny as the pictures would imply.
Comments are welcome.