Vaughn McMillan
11-16-2005, 3:25 AM
I think something's wrong with my saw...I tried to make a little cherry trinket box and this is what I came up with:
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Actually, it's another experiment gone right, and I plan to learn from the mistakes I made on this one. This box is made of cherry, with a walnut/maple/cherry stripe waving its way around the box. It's finished with BLO, although I may decide to add a clear coat finish...probably satin. The wave is a bent wood lamination, using the box sides as a caul, glued with plastic resin glue (thanks to tips I read here on SMC). Since the wave is visible from the inside as well as the outside, I've decided this box will remain topless, even though the wave isn't as smooth as I'd like. (My freehand bandsaw skills aren't quite to Sam Maloof's level...yet...as if.) Also, I'm not completely happy with the proportions on this one, but the next one will have that aspect handled now that I've read up a bit on proportions like 1:2:3 , the Root-of-two and the Golden rectangle. This one was essentially a test run to work the bugs out. Lastly, I need to get some better photo lighting...I may have to break down and build a John Hart photo rig.
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The legs are walnut, and quite honestly they were an afterthought...an attempt to cover up the fact that the wavy line didn't match up as planned on the corners of the box. (If you build a box with 3/4" thick sides, making sure to line up the waves at each corner, then trim the sides to 3/8" thick, the carefully-planned lines will no longer line up. DAMHIKT.) Nonetheless, what started as a patch has become one of my favorite aspects of this box. The legs are attached with glue and 1/8" dowels (microdowels, in my opinion), and I think the dowels help add to the overall look. I added the little 1/4" square pieces to the inside to carry the look of the legs to the inside of the box. This box was kind of an improvisation...made up as I went along (and similar to how I like to approach music).
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And one more shot from a different angle. I'm still a bit undecided, but I'll probably line the bottom of the box with brown felt. For now, it's just the natural birch color of the 1/4" plywood used for the bottom.
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I have work underway on another one or two "wave" boxes, but I've learned from the mistakes made on this one. If things go as planned, I intend for the wave to match at each outside corner (resaw the stock, then miter the corners, dummy), doing away with the need for legs to hide the evidence. Of course if they don't go as planned, I'm sure I can figure out a workaround.
As always, comments and suggestions are welcome.
- Vaughn
26108
Actually, it's another experiment gone right, and I plan to learn from the mistakes I made on this one. This box is made of cherry, with a walnut/maple/cherry stripe waving its way around the box. It's finished with BLO, although I may decide to add a clear coat finish...probably satin. The wave is a bent wood lamination, using the box sides as a caul, glued with plastic resin glue (thanks to tips I read here on SMC). Since the wave is visible from the inside as well as the outside, I've decided this box will remain topless, even though the wave isn't as smooth as I'd like. (My freehand bandsaw skills aren't quite to Sam Maloof's level...yet...as if.) Also, I'm not completely happy with the proportions on this one, but the next one will have that aspect handled now that I've read up a bit on proportions like 1:2:3 , the Root-of-two and the Golden rectangle. This one was essentially a test run to work the bugs out. Lastly, I need to get some better photo lighting...I may have to break down and build a John Hart photo rig.
26109
The legs are walnut, and quite honestly they were an afterthought...an attempt to cover up the fact that the wavy line didn't match up as planned on the corners of the box. (If you build a box with 3/4" thick sides, making sure to line up the waves at each corner, then trim the sides to 3/8" thick, the carefully-planned lines will no longer line up. DAMHIKT.) Nonetheless, what started as a patch has become one of my favorite aspects of this box. The legs are attached with glue and 1/8" dowels (microdowels, in my opinion), and I think the dowels help add to the overall look. I added the little 1/4" square pieces to the inside to carry the look of the legs to the inside of the box. This box was kind of an improvisation...made up as I went along (and similar to how I like to approach music).
26110
And one more shot from a different angle. I'm still a bit undecided, but I'll probably line the bottom of the box with brown felt. For now, it's just the natural birch color of the 1/4" plywood used for the bottom.
26111
I have work underway on another one or two "wave" boxes, but I've learned from the mistakes made on this one. If things go as planned, I intend for the wave to match at each outside corner (resaw the stock, then miter the corners, dummy), doing away with the need for legs to hide the evidence. Of course if they don't go as planned, I'm sure I can figure out a workaround.
As always, comments and suggestions are welcome.
- Vaughn