burr walnut jewlery box (wip)

[joiner_sim]

Looks great with the veneering work! :wink:

 

[Karl]

thanks very much, yes i do and ive only know her for 2 months.

Steady on - you'll be popping the Biq Q soon.... :lol:

Beautiful work. Hope your other half can take some decent photo's - looks like it deserves it.

Cheers

Karl

 

[OPJ]

Your photo's have improved :wink: and I think the finished box looks excellent. You must have some patience if you decided to French Polish it! :shock: (No wonder you've spent 34 hours on it... )

I think lighting's the biggest problem in your workshop when you're trying to photograph something (I know it only too well...). Weather's not bad at the moment. If you can, try to set something up outside (daylight makes a huge difference), preferably against a white background (sheet of Formica or white-faced hardboard?).

I look forward to seeing your next project. She'll love this one.

 

[xy mosian]

What a truly beautiful piece of craftsmanship.

But if I may, a few of questions.
How did you construct the curved top to the ground?
Did you merely bend a thin piece of timber?
What sort of thickness?
And if so dry or steamed/wet?
Or perhaps did a plywood job?
How do you prevent the distortion, flattening of the curve, created when a relatively long piece, compared with width, like that is bent?
Did you 'barrel' form it?
And if so, how did you finish the inside curve? The outer curve can be handled with a plane, although I doubt a compass plane across the grain for scrubbing would do that radius. Perhaps you have a truly magnificent pair of hollows and rounds? (He, He!)

Lastly, for now, howdo you handle the potential 'picking' of the veneer at the corners?

Apologies if all that's too much questioning.

xy

 

[shim20]

What a truly beautiful piece of craftsmanship.

But if I may, a few of questions.
How did you construct the curved top to the ground?
Did you merely bend a thin piece of timber?
What sort of thickness?
And if so dry or steamed/wet?
Or perhaps did a plywood job?
How do you prevent the distortion, flattening of the curve, created when a relatively long piece, compared with width, like that is bent?
Did you 'barrel' form it?
And if so, how did you finish the inside curve? The outer curve can be handled with a plane, although I doubt a compass plane across the grain for scrubbing would do that radius. Perhaps you have a truly magnificent pair of hollows and rounds? (He, He!)

Lastly, for now, howdo you handle the potential 'picking' of the veneer at the corners?

Apologies if all that's too much questioning.

xy

thanks all for the comments, im really pleased how it turned out, it will be given to her on saturday, so hopefully a few days after that i will have some real pictures,

right now the questions above, the curve was made using one piece of softwood that i glued ontop and made a very good glue joint between the two this is critical, then i just shaped it with and no6 took ages but in a strange way was nice to do. i glued it on so the grain was going the right way so if it ever moves it wont effect it. as for the veneer on the corners, you just have to make sure that its glued down very well, this initself is not easy as when you come to the corners with the veneer hammer, it tends to slide off and can break the veneer, you just have to take your time. also takes quite abit of practice, hope this helps any more questions just ask and i will do my best.

 

[xy mosian]

Shim

Thanks for the super quick response, and the answers to the questions. Of course now I look at the 'photos again I can see that the top is a chunky piece with no internal curve. Doh.

Again a splendid piece of inspirational work.

xy