sunburst tissue box

[devonwoody]

Started a new thread in case the original 2011 tissue box entry was getting slow with picture overload.

Made a template of part of the sunburst pattern and found this offcut which was just the right size.!

Got out the old saw board and fastened the remaining portion of template in position and got out some japanese saws, I had to use the type with a backing top.

The first two parts went reasonably well. I have to use timber guides and holds, I get a rheumatic pain these days holding on to cut parts.

Cutting action photograph, holding the saw down on to timber with other hand made the cut cleaner.

Eight pieces for front and rear cut and will be cleaned up on the sander.

This might be the last box for a while, my wife wants another work table for her embroidery and that should keep me busy. In the meantime here are eight of the boxes completed and just the sunburst to add at a later date.

 

[adzeman]

When you say this is the last box I hope you mean you will finish this one but I will look forward to posts on the new table.

rheumatism is a bummer I have the same problem

Regards

 

[devonwoody]

Things are not going too well!!!!!!!!

Sanding the triangles to iron out imperfections was not very pleasant. I had around three snatches (sent off for some new sanding disks last night, and they are expected today from Screwfix), and some very frightening bang noises. :shock: When the fingers are only fraction of an inch from belt or disk I started getting the shakes.


Anyhow this is the progress so far (there will only be one face with sunburst!), the wenge is for contrast between the rays and is marked up with a white crayon so it shows up on the bandsaw table.

I placed a cardboard sheet on the bandsaw table to get minimum clearance on the throat for these very narrow strips.

Pictures shows the arrangement of strips and sections also the gluing set up.

 

[devonwoody]

I have mainly recovered the situation, decided on only one face for the sunburst, matching three more faces would involve more skill than I possess.

As you see I have started a second box using remaining unused sections.

This time I planed down the angle faces by hand and not used the sander. The former I started with provided a starting point and I kept adding more sections and got some uniformity. (The photograph below is a composite)

 

[devonwoody]

Got the red sunset fitted.

Piece of purple heart which had had plugs removed for a previous tissue box made a template to place on box and safely cut with a forstener bit.

Shifted around 6 cu.ft. of timber around the workshop today to tidy up storage, so nothing else was done.

 

[devonwoody]

Boxes progressing towards the finishing stage, two lids under construction, and diamond apertures to stay with geometrical design.

 

[devonwoody]

I wanted to obtain flush ends after fitting lids to carcass and I used my newish Japanese hand saw which has no kerf. Put the offcut in the micrometer and it shows 0.72mm and actually on the far end it was down to 0.50 and the offcut held in one piece. I was very impressed.

 

[devonwoody]

The two sunburst pattern boxes join the other eight tissue boxes completed this year (plus one went to Oz.)