New design tissue box

[devonwoody]

Seeing Ironballs shakereske box earlier this week, I though I would adapt the box to make a new tissue box design for me.

So started around 09.15 and a cold start again, I dug out some of these oak offcuts.

A change for me I got out the hand stuff.

These two end pieces I forgot to plane down to thickness and I put them through the thicknesser at the picture size showing, never again, they went through but struggled, the rollers in the thicknesser had difficulty catching the timber.

However I did finish up with four pieces all same thickness in the end.

Within the hour.

Cut some dadoes on the router, should have done those before I shaped the carcass sides.

It made a naughty cutting setup. But I was only using a single flute router cutter so perhaps that is acceptable?

Made some corner posts and put biscuits cuts to all pieces, that was a bit of a puzzle as well.

Couldnt resist putting in long sides in position (they are unglued in picture)

Going to make some brass fitting brackets to hold the tissue lid down to box, but will screw them in position before sides are glue up to make fitting easier.

 

[TrimTheKing]

Bl00dy **** John, do you have a lot of colds/flu in your house?

Or do you have a tissue fetish?

 

[Dibs-h]

Bl00dy **** John, do you have a lot of colds/flu in your house?

Or do you have a tissue fetish?

I don't think your the only one who's wondered that! :wink:

 

[devonwoody]

Lived in our road forty years this week and everyone will eventually get a box.

 

[devonwoody]

Located a piece of heavy gauge brass from my model railway days and made some brackets to fit to carcass and later to lid. Got to get some 10mm or 3/8" screws before I proceed any further.

Cut brass with my M42 bandsaw blade but mounted the brass to some scrap timber first, didnt fancy holding the metal through the bandsaw.

Cleaned the brackets up, and awaiting screws.

 

[Ironballs]

At least now we know who's spreading the swine flu :wink:

Looking good so far, having done a couple of boxes in this style and uhmmed and ahhed about various aspects of the design at length, I found that to my eye one of the things that worked well was a short length of leg protruding below the rail.

If you have a long length of leg it may look like it's on blocky stilts, if you agree then you could simply cut them shorter or perhaps add a taper or curve.

Oh and biscuits is cheating, get some M&Ts in there man :lol:

 

[devonwoody]

Located the brass screws, an old fashion ironmonger shop still exists in Torbay and after sorting through his stock located 30 x 3/8" no.3 brass screws at ten for 40p. There are not many of that breed left.

So now got out a piece of nice clean maple and resawn into 12 mm pieces ready for thicknesser and making up lid.

Couldn't resist adding a contrast insert into the lid. Then gluing up.

 

[devonwoody]

Put on the brass holding brackets and then glued the carcass to shape.

Shaped up the lid and at present it is layed in position.

This box will hold the larger version of tissues supplied by supermarkets here.

 

[devonwoody]

This one is now finished,awaiting a coat of sealer and to be waxed.