As part of our work Kris Kringle we needed to gift something that was somewhat connected to the recipient. Well I ended up with the boss who is an interior designer. My first thoughts were for a pencil box, but then I remembered that she always had a carrot for lunch so I turned the pencil box into a carrot carrier. To be honest I had been wanting to try this type of box for a while so I worked backwards to see how I could justify giving it as the Kris Kringle.
Here is my inspiration ...... http://ift.tt/1GBjCgr ..... obviously a custom made hinge but I thought that the general concept was interesting enough to try.
The sides are some old borer infected black heart sassafras that I had lying around. Thanks must go to Timberbits for the instructional videos of how to cut the continual sides of the box (http://ift.tt/132xOSn). I had intended just to cut box joint sides but once the timber was selected and cut I realised it would benefit from being continuous. I came back inside, watched the video again (I had previously watched the series), and then went back and put the instructions into action. It was much easier than I had expected and ended up with really good results from the mitre saw.
I had originally cut some myrtle burl for the lid, but after the sides were assembled I quickly realised that the sides were now the feature and the burl would have been too much so I substituted for some blackwood. The finish is Oganoil Hard Burnishing Oil ..... but with no burnishing, just wipe on wipe off which has worked well.
Cheers
Stinky
Here is my inspiration ...... http://ift.tt/1GBjCgr ..... obviously a custom made hinge but I thought that the general concept was interesting enough to try.
The sides are some old borer infected black heart sassafras that I had lying around. Thanks must go to Timberbits for the instructional videos of how to cut the continual sides of the box (http://ift.tt/132xOSn). I had intended just to cut box joint sides but once the timber was selected and cut I realised it would benefit from being continuous. I came back inside, watched the video again (I had previously watched the series), and then went back and put the instructions into action. It was much easier than I had expected and ended up with really good results from the mitre saw.
I had originally cut some myrtle burl for the lid, but after the sides were assembled I quickly realised that the sides were now the feature and the burl would have been too much so I substituted for some blackwood. The finish is Oganoil Hard Burnishing Oil ..... but with no burnishing, just wipe on wipe off which has worked well.
Cheers
Stinky
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