After almost 6 weeks on the Injured Reserve....finally am able to return to the shop....at least on a limited basis....letting the knee decide when I am done. Anyway..while enjoying a nice, restful, PAIN-FREE night's sleep.....Single Brain Cell Sketch Up decided to wake me up....seems it had come up with some weird idea to make a box...kept bugging me until I was forced to draw up some sort of "Paper Plan"....which I rarely do. So.....here we go...
Jewelry Box, groove.JPG
Once 4 sides have been cross cut for length, ends squared, and the boards ripped for width (4")...there needs to be a groove milled into the end grain on each end. I thought this would be the "easy" part....Once the grooves are milled....then some bevels can be milled, also on the ends
Jewelry Box, Miters.JPG
So far...remove anything highlighted in red...each end of the 4 boards get this done....so that when you set a corner...
Jewelry Box, meeting miters.JPG
Makes a fancy miter joint....hmmm..
Jewelry Box, crossing the T.JPG
Something like this? The "hard part will be a "spline" with a bead, to connect the corners...
Jewelry Box, add a beaded spline.JPG
Which I will be setting upto mill today...I hope. Bead will stick out a bit...using a #23 beading bit in the Stanley 45....
Jewelry Box, cuts of a spline.JPG
Again..remove all that is coloured red. Spline will get milled from Ash ( could be any hardwood...) and on the edge of a 3/4" thick scrap.
Have a boat load of other details to work through....
Stay tuned...