This isn't a long rambling wip thread, just a quick project to keep me making something. I'll let the pictures do most of the talking.
It started with two pieces of hardwood, from Custard's generous donation a few years back. One is cherry and the other one I don't recognise. It works like walnut but is paler in colour.
I bandsawed both pieces, one into two and the other into three, then planed the sawn faces.
The thicker pieces will be the sides and one of the thin pieces of cherry will make the top and bottom.
First step was to make grooves for those.
To saw the mitre cuts I used this cheap old mitre saw, which actually works quite well.
But that was just to get close to the right angles and lengths. Most of the proper work was done on this mitre chop
Here are the four parts in a trial fit.
The cherry bottom needed a bit more planing to get it flat
and then some bevelling to fit the grooves. With hand work, you can just go at this freehand. I can't imagine what sort of faff it would be to set up an electric router to do this.
First across the ends, then along the sides.
It's hard to photograph but you might just see the bevels here.
The top was much the same as the bottom, but a little bit thicker. I cut across one end, to act as a handle, then glued up the sides using masking tape to hold the corners.
Here it is with the glue dry.
and with a couple of coats of shellac on the outside.
My only issue now is that I have no idea what to keep in it - I made it this size because of the pieces of wood I started with. Maybe something will turn up!
It started with two pieces of hardwood, from Custard's generous donation a few years back. One is cherry and the other one I don't recognise. It works like walnut but is paler in colour.
I bandsawed both pieces, one into two and the other into three, then planed the sawn faces.
The thicker pieces will be the sides and one of the thin pieces of cherry will make the top and bottom.
First step was to make grooves for those.
To saw the mitre cuts I used this cheap old mitre saw, which actually works quite well.
But that was just to get close to the right angles and lengths. Most of the proper work was done on this mitre chop
Here are the four parts in a trial fit.
The cherry bottom needed a bit more planing to get it flat
and then some bevelling to fit the grooves. With hand work, you can just go at this freehand. I can't imagine what sort of faff it would be to set up an electric router to do this.
First across the ends, then along the sides.
It's hard to photograph but you might just see the bevels here.
The top was much the same as the bottom, but a little bit thicker. I cut across one end, to act as a handle, then glued up the sides using masking tape to hold the corners.
Here it is with the glue dry.
and with a couple of coats of shellac on the outside.
My only issue now is that I have no idea what to keep in it - I made it this size because of the pieces of wood I started with. Maybe something will turn up!
