PeteG
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Hello everyone 
Apologies for not posting for a while, been busy these past few months after deciding to turn this hobby in to a full time living, but that's another thread!
Not sure if this has been done before, but in between a few jobs I decided to see if it was possible to make the Cracked Bandsaw Box using the scroll saw only.
Here's where I'm up to...
I picked up a few pieces of oak from an old church pew, and after planing they where between 10mm and 12mm thick. Wasn't sure at the time what I'd use them for but a few days ago decided they would be ideal for this. The original plans I'd seen for this box gave a measure around 13 inches high, 6 inches wide and about 4.5 inches deep, which meant taping two sheets of A4 together for the pattern. Nothing wrong in that, but I had an idea that I would need several copies and didn't want to take the chance that all the patterns didn't line up. So for this box, I've printed the pattern as large as I could on a sheet of A4. I haven't been able to photograph every stage but hopefully you'll get the idea.
To start I cut the fascia out using an Olson Mach Speed No5, on all the draw fronts I used a size 2/0 blade, not sure what drill bit I used, it was small but you can see the entry holes. As yet, nothing has been sanded. I should have cut the front and back out together so I could be sure the "Crack" lined up perfectly, as it is, I cut them separately and thankfully they still line up.
In total I'm using seven pieces of oak, one front, one back and five in the middle, but five boards glued up would be too thick for the saw, so I glued three up last night
and the other two this afternoon as I didn't have enough clamps to do them at the same time.
I'll make a start cutting the drawers out tonight, first thing is to cut the backs off before cutting the insides out, and I'll have the same to do again on the other two boards. Again, hopefully everything will line up and I won't need to spend too many hours sanding. More later
Apologies for not posting for a while, been busy these past few months after deciding to turn this hobby in to a full time living, but that's another thread!Not sure if this has been done before, but in between a few jobs I decided to see if it was possible to make the Cracked Bandsaw Box using the scroll saw only.
Here's where I'm up to...
I picked up a few pieces of oak from an old church pew, and after planing they where between 10mm and 12mm thick. Wasn't sure at the time what I'd use them for but a few days ago decided they would be ideal for this. The original plans I'd seen for this box gave a measure around 13 inches high, 6 inches wide and about 4.5 inches deep, which meant taping two sheets of A4 together for the pattern. Nothing wrong in that, but I had an idea that I would need several copies and didn't want to take the chance that all the patterns didn't line up. So for this box, I've printed the pattern as large as I could on a sheet of A4. I haven't been able to photograph every stage but hopefully you'll get the idea.
To start I cut the fascia out using an Olson Mach Speed No5, on all the draw fronts I used a size 2/0 blade, not sure what drill bit I used, it was small but you can see the entry holes. As yet, nothing has been sanded. I should have cut the front and back out together so I could be sure the "Crack" lined up perfectly, as it is, I cut them separately and thankfully they still line up.
In total I'm using seven pieces of oak, one front, one back and five in the middle, but five boards glued up would be too thick for the saw, so I glued three up last night
and the other two this afternoon as I didn't have enough clamps to do them at the same time.
I'll make a start cutting the drawers out tonight, first thing is to cut the backs off before cutting the insides out, and I'll have the same to do again on the other two boards. Again, hopefully everything will line up and I won't need to spend too many hours sanding. More later
