John Huber
12-09-2006, 11:43 AM
I'm sort of a packrat and hate to throw out scraps of wood and veneer, hoping that a small project will come along and use them. Then I stumbled on this solution. The women in my life love decorative covers for tissue boxes. It turns out that this kind of box has a fairly standard size, 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 x 5 1/4 H. If you make them from solid stock, you can saw and glue one in a day; veneering, sawing, gluing, rabbetting, edging, and flush cutting may take three days. Then add on whatever time it takes to do your finishing method on whatever wood you use. Plenty of time to be done by Christmas.
From the left, they are walnut veneer, quilted maple veneer, and curly walnut veneer. The finish is David Marks'
http://www.djmarks.com/stories/faq/What_is_the_mix_ratio_for_the_Linseed_Oil_Tung_Oil _and_Urethane_46687.asp
These boxes may be quick, easy, and cheap to make, but they sell for almost $200 on the internet.
http://www.gasperetti.com/access.html
From the left, they are walnut veneer, quilted maple veneer, and curly walnut veneer. The finish is David Marks'
http://www.djmarks.com/stories/faq/What_is_the_mix_ratio_for_the_Linseed_Oil_Tung_Oil _and_Urethane_46687.asp
These boxes may be quick, easy, and cheap to make, but they sell for almost $200 on the internet.
http://www.gasperetti.com/access.html