I'm conducting a little experiment with this round of box making. I'm going to make 3 identically sized boxes, and see how much quicker I find the process compared to my normal "one at a time" process. Presumably there will be time saved in setup, but will I find it to be significant?
The boxes will be around 280mm x 215mm x 80mm. They will have mitred corners, and solid timber lids. Base will be ply.
I've chosen walnut, myrtle and blackwood for the sides of the boxes. Rough stock shown below.
Img 01 Rough Stock.jpg
The hidden beauty begins to reveal itself after the stock is jointed, planed and ripped to width.
Img 02 Jointed and Ripped.jpg
Pieces are all over-length at this stage, so that I can attempt to select the best grain patterns for each piece.
Img 03 Hidden Beauty.jpg
The lid will be a free-floating solid timber panel, so a groove is cut to accept the lid at a later stage. The bottom panel is plywood, and it has its own groove.
Img 04 Grooves for lids and bases.jpg
This is the blade I'm using. It has a square grind to the teeth, creating clean square bottoms on grooves. This will also be used to cut the slots for the splines I'll use to reinforce the mitre joins.
Img 05 Square Grind Saw Blade.jpg
Next comes the mitre cuts. I've got a home-make jig that makes it safe and easy to cut accurate mitres (at least is usually does!). Time will tell if I get it right with these boxes.
Img 06 Mitre sled.jpg
I don't really keep track of time when I'm in my garage working on the tools, but this WIP is making me more aware of the amount of buggerising around (technical term) I spend with getting things set up. Making three boxes isn't taking much more time than making one at this stage.
Part 2 to follow
Cheers
ajw
The boxes will be around 280mm x 215mm x 80mm. They will have mitred corners, and solid timber lids. Base will be ply.
I've chosen walnut, myrtle and blackwood for the sides of the boxes. Rough stock shown below.
Img 01 Rough Stock.jpg
The hidden beauty begins to reveal itself after the stock is jointed, planed and ripped to width.
Img 02 Jointed and Ripped.jpg
Pieces are all over-length at this stage, so that I can attempt to select the best grain patterns for each piece.
Img 03 Hidden Beauty.jpg
The lid will be a free-floating solid timber panel, so a groove is cut to accept the lid at a later stage. The bottom panel is plywood, and it has its own groove.
Img 04 Grooves for lids and bases.jpg
This is the blade I'm using. It has a square grind to the teeth, creating clean square bottoms on grooves. This will also be used to cut the slots for the splines I'll use to reinforce the mitre joins.
Img 05 Square Grind Saw Blade.jpg
Next comes the mitre cuts. I've got a home-make jig that makes it safe and easy to cut accurate mitres (at least is usually does!). Time will tell if I get it right with these boxes.
Img 06 Mitre sled.jpg
I don't really keep track of time when I'm in my garage working on the tools, but this WIP is making me more aware of the amount of buggerising around (technical term) I spend with getting things set up. Making three boxes isn't taking much more time than making one at this stage.
Part 2 to follow
Cheers
ajw
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