Jim Gallo
10-04-2015, 11:13 AM
Ok, I am making progress on my wedding gift to my son's future bride. But I'm running out of time. The wedding is Oct 16, and I only have the arched top wine box lid done (ALMOST). When I went to make the slot for the momento's for the guests to write a note on, my router chewed up the sides of the staves a little. I didn't want to try to setup the table saw again to try to match the exact angle on new staves, I used Rock Hard putty where the damage was and sanded it down. However, when I glued the staves together, I have a very light, but very noticable seam between the maple staves. I would like to find a way to cut a kerf in the top of the lid, either on a table saw or router table, and fill the kerf with a slice of purpleheart. Would anyone know of a safe and accurate way to saw the kerf in the lid? Would some sort of jig work? I'm worried that I'm not going to have this finished in time because of all the mistakes I've made. The first mistake was making the box before the lid, then trying to make the staves the correct angle and width to match the box. Well, of course the lid ended up wider than the box. Second mistake was that I used too much purpleheart on the box because I had to remake the box because my cheap dado set blew out the backs of the box joints on the purpleheart and I didn't have enough for the lid. I scrapped the box and will make a new box to match the lid size, which I should have done in the first place. So I made the lid out of maple with two purpleheart racing stripes. I still have to install the hinges and full mortise lock, which I have never done before. Plus put a bottom on the lid to catch the momentos and make cradles for the bottle of wine in the bottom part of the box. Then a finish. It seems that everything I touch on this project turns to crap. Help!!!! Jim