tissue box ASP

[devonwoody]

Going out to the workshop starting a new design, ASP (ash, sapele,purpleheart)

 

[Chems]

Thats some brilliant paint skills there.

 

[devonwoody]

Got my timber prepared yesterday and strips glued up overnight.
The mitred corners should be easy this box because I have ripped a 45% angle on one of the strips and hope to get eight corners strips.

The box should now be known as tissue box ASAP, I have decided to add a further ash band above the purpleheart for colour design.

Chems, a better paint job done on the addition,(used a rectangular selector tool and paint bucket)

 

[Chems]

Does the job, can see exactly what your aiming for.

I'm going to be coming to your corner of the woodworking world soon, I've got a box to make too.

 

[devonwoody]

Does the job, can see exactly what your aiming for.

I'm going to be coming to your corner of the woodworking world soon, I've got a box to make too.

PM me athe details if you like.

 

[devonwoody]

The front and rear sides partly finished and glued up overnight.

I could not use the mitre jig safely on the small end pieces for the above, and the same will apply to the ends. So the short end of mitres were hand cut and sanded to shape on the bench sander, reasonably successfully.

 

[devonwoody]

Hoping to overcome problem of using jig on short pieces, I am going to glue some waste timber to its edge, insert a couple of screws through into the baseboard and then plane off after mitres are cut.:;

 

[devonwoody]

Decided to screw the waste piece of mitre cut to the baseboard of the mitre jig like this.

Thats how small it is, longest side 90mm.

So got the box ends made up.

 

[devonwoody]

It is proving quite troublesome this box, I have worked out there are thirtytwo mitre cuts plus another eight corner mitre joints so just a fractional error on an angle can multiply very soon to a degree.

Next time I make one I shall make oversize so that corrections with hand planing can be done to square things up if necessary.

So its back to the workshop in a few minutes to try and put things right.

 

[devonwoody]

Things cant be too bad, the wife says she wants this one.

Carcass glued up.

Whilst glue was setting I did some maintenance, repaired the shed door.

Fitted the purple heart panels, which I am not fitting flush with the box.

The mitred corners were a bit scruffy, ( I riped the mitre on the tablesaw and the wood grain is rather coarse) So I have put a p/h band on each edge.

 

[devonwoody]

Got another session in the workshop this afternoon, so cleaned up all outside faces and corners of carcass.

Two views of carcass with purple heart panels fitted and glued proud.

Started work on the lid which will vary from previous boxes made.

 

[devonwoody]

Nearly there, doing the top of tissue box today.

So used a forstner bit ( a tip I think recommended by Martin of ukworkshop) to shape the aperture ends.

There is some burn on one of the apertures so might line it with a thin layer of ash, I will consider tomorrow.

The top glued down awaiting another session tomorrow.

 

[Ironballs]

Couldn't see that repair on the shed door... :wink:

 

[wizer]

John that shed looks suspiciously like a turning studio to me ?? :lol:

 

[devonwoody]

John that shed looks suspiciously like a turning studio to me ?? :lol:

Its my atelier.

Ironballs, thanks for the compliment.

Clamps off this morning hoping to clean up today and then start on the fruit bowl or perhaps another tissue box with a bit more banding than one below.

 

[devonwoody]

Three coats of acrylic varnish.

To be found a home in our living room.

 

[Ironballs]

Not to my tastes but well made and thought out John, if you and Mrs Woody like it then what else matters

Looking forward to seeing your maple piece take shape