Another Box is Born...

[Ed Sallee]

This box is Chicago bound for my little sister's birthday.... Curly Maple & Bloodwood. Two coats of BLO, dried for a week, 6 coats of semi-gloss Watco Spray Lacquer...dried for a week. Finished off with Butcher's Bowling Alley Wax.... Wine colored flocking on the bottoms..
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[Dave Lehnert]

WOW! That looks GREAT!.
I am making some boxes right now. Thanks for the ideas.

[Bill Wyko]

Ed, that's absolutely exquisite. Fantastic job my friend.:)

[Ed Sallee]

Thanks Dave & Bill....

I would like to say something about that quilt that I put it on for the photo... It was my grandmother's last quilt, of many..... she made this out of neck ties that she collected from her son in laws & grandkids over the years.... some of the ties are so hideous that it's beautiful.... Anyway, I thought that her quilt deserved more recognition than my box... :o

[John Keeton]

Great job on the box, and great memories from the quilt. So much history in some of those works of labor. Someday, your boxes will be as well. Are you branding or otherwise marking them?

[gary Zimmel]

Ed

Beautiful job on the box.

[John Thompson]

Again... beautiful work there Boxman... The quilt reminds me of my mother.. her mother and friends getting together for a quiliting bee when I was very young in the early 50's before my grand-mother's passing. Just bring what scrap material you have and it ends up in a joint venture quilt.

BTW... if you heard a rumble just southwest of you today.. it's not a quake. Just me firing up the new 5 HP TS so don't be alarmed. :D

Regards...

Sarge..

[Ed Sallee]

John.... I use to have one of those "Handcrafted By"... irons. I've started to lean towards simply using a woodburner and putting my initials there...comes out pretty close to my "signatured " initials...

John in Atl.... I really need to get down and see your shop!

[Jason Tuinstra]

Ed, very nice box. Your attention to detail on this is fantastic.

[John Keeton]

John.... I use to have one of those "Handcrafted By"... irons. I've started to lean towards simply using a woodburner and putting my initials there...comes out pretty close to my "signatured " initials...

You should date them as well so those that admire them in years to come can relate to time. Kinda like Sarge's comment - "in the early 50's" - time has a way of losing its relativity and blending together. I have branded my projects, but failed to date most of them. Seems now, it is hard to say - well, made that one in ......." I have to think back, where was the shop, which location, etc. in order to date them.

[Keith Marben]

You know. Seeing the last one you posted inspired me to start trying to learn some box making.

So far Ive made around 5 or 6 but none that look as nice as that. Once I get to # 50 or 60 then I will post a finished project. Unless you guys might find some merit in a young amateur's learning processes based on ideas from sawmill forums.

questions.
How many hours aprox? And I would like some details about how those corner inserts are done.

[Ed Sallee]

Bring on the pictures, Keith.... I'm sure your boxes are very nice....
I would say that I have a couple of real weekends of messing around with this box.... Plus a couple of weekends of not really doing anything...

The splines in the corners are made by using a spline jig using a 1/8" blade and then planing down some strips to 1/8" for a good fit.

The spline jig is nothing more than a device that holds your box steady while you cut in to the corners of the box. Here's a link to a simple jig... http://www.woodmagazine.com/woodworking-plans/tablesaw/realign-your-splines/

In order to plane down to 1/8", I have a piece of plywood that fits in to my planer as an auxilliary planer bed. It is as wide as the stock bed, and is longer than the planer tables. It is held in place with cleats on the bottom, snugging up against the planer tables. This closes the gap on the planer's capacity.

[Artie Hall]

Very nice. Work like this helps to inspire us "newbies" to this craft.

[Mark Valsi]

Exceptional box !!~


It's so nice, I"m going to steal the design !!!
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Really great work and execution of a fine design http://www.sawmillcreek.org/images/smilies/smile.gif

[John Thompson]

"John in Atl.... I really need to get down and see your shop"! ... Ed

Yeah you do and I need to drop by and see yours. I am about complete with "tricking out" my new 5 HP TS. Should finish to-nite or tomorrow morning as I had to drive my wife to some "after the surgery" appointments. She just doesn' understand TS's should have priority over surgery. :D

I'm here about every day if you happen to be in the area. A quick call in advance would be good though as I am out an about at no given times.. just when the need for out and about arrives. So... hopefully soon as fall ( I love fall) is just around the corner. Once it arrives you can't pry me out of the shop.

Sarge..

[John Michaels]

Outstanding work!! How did you cut the bevel on the top I really like it?

[Ed Sallee]

With the blade tilted 11 degrees, just bevel rip all 4 sides. It is advised to use a fence rider to keep the workpiece from tilting in to the blade. You also have to bevel rip the top edges of the box at 11 degrees to match the lid's bevel.

The piece in the middle is offset with the lid frame in that the lid frame has a 1/4" groove, 3/8" deep centered on the lid frame. The center piece has a 3/8" rabbet, 1/2" deep, which essentially leaves the tongue on the bottom of the piece...allowing the top of the center to extend 1/4" over the lid frame. This allows enough "meat" for the bevel throughout the entire top. It also leaves a nice place inside the lid to mount a mirror.

The sides of the box are beveled at 9 degrees.

[Jerry Olexa]

That's a very special BOX... Nice work!!!

[Michael Stafford]

Exceptional box !!~


It's so nice, I"m going to steal the design !!!
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif


Really great work and execution of a fine design http://www.sawmillcreek.org/images/smilies/smile.gif

It is a beautiful box. The design was in Wood magazine a few years ago and was designed by box maker Andrew Costine in Tryon, North Carolina. If you can find the article or plans from Wood it shows all the jigs needed to cut the angled sides and lid after assembly. It was in the December 1996 issue.

Here is the link for the plans: http://www.woodstore.net/bevbeautjewb.html

I made several of them for my sisters.