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[clogs]

all sounds rather complicated.....
I'd be happy just paying somebody to make up stuff for me....

 

[Garno]

Acrylic resin twist pen

 

[Sawdust=manglitter]

Finally finished making all of the

While waiting for the house sale to go through i was looking for a project to get stuck into, so i thought i’d make myself, what i call, a ‘man box’… which is a watch storage box where i’ll also keep cufflinks, rings etc in.

The box is all solid wood, made of British Walnut (with some spalting), the lid is crotch figure from the same log, with the compartment dividers made of African Blackwood, all lining made of black dyed pig suade, and treated myself to the ‘smart hinges’ and ‘smart lock’. Not obvious from the photos, but the sides of the box are all angled by a subtle 2.5 degrees, so unfortunately this was already cut when i received the hinges and lock, so i had to fit them all by hand rather than on a router table as recommended. This project had been great hand tool practice!

I still have to make the ‘watch pillows’, and also the ring/cufflink storage insert though!

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Finally finished making the ‘watch pillow’ inserts for my watch box. (I dont own any super expensive posh watches, and havent worn a few of these for years! ). The watch pillows are made using shaped offcuts of kaizan foam (made a long regularised length to cut slices from) and used 3M Super 77 spray adhesive to stick the leather to the foam. The circumferential leather was done using Custard’s card and double sided tape method, but was stuck on using the spray adhesive

 

[David with splinters]

Beautiful job. Where did you buy the watch box hardware (lock and hinges) please?

 

[Sawdust=manglitter]

Beautiful job. Where did you buy the watch box hardware (lock and hinges) please?

Thanks David. The hardware is at the below link. Although a little pricey, they are incredibly well made and well worth the money. Unfortunately i had already hand planed an angle of 2.5degs to the box sides so wasnt able to do the router table method they recommend, but doing them by hand wasnt too bad…
https://www.smartboxmaker.com/product/smartware/

 

[David with splinters]

Yes, a bit pricey but worth every penny. Thank you.

 

[SteL]

Spent the day giving my oil stone a new box. It deserved better than the MDF hovel it used to live in. I had a go at using an old moulding plane I bought years ago so that was fun!

Looking at the pictures, I’ve just realised I made a bigger job out of the lid than was needed. Rather than paring the hole for the stone I should’ve just glued two end bits on to a thin top and then glued the beading on. Oh well!

 

[Padster]

So I've been trying different things lately, here are my latest attempts. At home I can't make for one and not the other so here are a pair of pot pourri holders one for my wife and one for my daughter...

Regards

Padster

 

[Molynoox]

Welcome everyone. New to the forum and thought I’d introduce myself with my latest project. Although photographed outdoors this now lives inside as my wife thinks it’s too contemporary for our garden. Looking forward to seeing what you are all up to.

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I really love that. So unique, modern, super slick design.

 

[NickVanBeest]

So I've been trying different things lately, here are my latest attempts. At home I can't make for one and not the other so here are a pair of pot pourri holders one for my wife and one for my daughter...

Where do you get those inserts?

 

[Molynoox]

Welcome everyone. New to the forum and thought I’d introduce myself with my latest project. Although photographed outdoors this now lives inside as my wife thinks it’s too contemporary for our garden. Looking forward to seeing what you are all up to.

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Also, that is the lawn of somebody that knows what they are doing when it comes to lawns

 

[johnnipper0]

Hi all. I'm new here and new to woodworking. I've watched a few videos on YT and thought ' I could do that'. So i did. I made the planter first. Got the bug, and made the bench. What do you guys think?

 

[Padster]

Where do you get those inserts?

Axminster do them, very reasonable, although it’s both a convenience and a danger that they are only half hour away

 

[DBC]

Not so much what we were making - some el cheapo bookcases for a new second hand bookshop opening in the village - but who I was working with this weekend. My best mate and 21 year old son who spent much of the last few years in NZ where he was backpacking when covid came and stayed to wait it out as they didn’t have it there. He’s back in the UK now at uni and this weekend was the most time we’d spent just the two of us since he was a teenager. Awesome weekend.

 

[Stigmorgan]

Where do you get those inserts?

I bought mine from yandles Pewter Lids - Tools & Machines - Yandles

 

[Wood&StuffLtd]

 

[Kayen]

The brief was: A statement piece, unusual and sculptural - so that's what they got!

The top was 2400 x 1000 x 19mm low-iron glass and weighed 120kg - my tiny size 8 boss (wife) didn't thank me for that

The base, which we delivered in two parts probably weighed a total of 180kg, thankfully they have concrete floors.

 

[dzj]

I made some stair treads and glued them to a concrete substrate.
Dyed Beech, distressed, varnished. (The architect thought it'd look nice.)
Glass railings yet to be installed. Not my job, though.

 

[DavidConnelly]

 

[OCtoolguy]

What did you use to cut them?

All done on my scroll saw. I did have to use a router to create the hidden 1/4" deep x 3/8" wide rabbet inside of the top piece. The sides are all 3D compound cuts. About an hour each.