Toy Soldier Boxes WIP

[Harbo]

I have been "commissioned" by by son-in-law to make some boxes for his toy soldier collection - he is into War Gaming (Battle of Waterloo).

Here's a couple of them WIP - still have to insert mock finger joints and separate top. And of course sand and finish!
Resawn from some old sapele 7/8" thick shelving I was given.

Few mistakes -
1 cutting slots before mitring corners
2 should have cut mitres on my table saw instead of shooting board - but new Donkey's Ear worked fine

Rod

 

[mailee]

Very nice Rod. I am sure he will be proud of them. I do like Sepele too, one of my favourite woods.

 

[MrJay]

Any excuse to get that 'ooh I just happened to leave my purrrdy marking knife nearby' moment in shot - seriously, how many 'takes' did you run through? (more than 3 huh, I thought so) - anyways; you suck.

ps. boxes look alright.

 

[woodbloke]

Rod - nice...'family' rates for the job :wink: - Rob

 

[newt]

Glad to hear that the donkey's ear works ok.

 

[Harbo]

Rob for family rates read free!!

Newt the "Ear" worked really well especially on the sapele which finished up about 11mm thick after re sawing and planing. I stupidly cut all the pieces and squared them up (I was originally thinking of doing some secret mitred dovetails - but realised that was a bit too special for these boxes and the sides were quite thin?) Which meant I could not use the T/S for the mitres without major tear out! - hence they were cut on the shooting board and on the ones where I cut the slots I had problems with cutting the mitres on the shooting board with tear out at the slots - this was solved by initially cutting them on the bandsaw to cut below the slot.
You live and learn

The dimensions were quite tight as I made them from some old shelves which had housing slots cut into them. I managed to get 3 widths out of each section but could no afford to line the interior - hence I am attempting to rebate the top lid joint - 2 opposite housings and one cut through - if all works out? (see the piece under the knife)

Rod

 

[ByronBlack]

They look nice. I have to make some of these up soon (for warhammer figures). Do you have any pictures of the insides?

 

[Harbo]

I was going to partition them, but s-in-law has now decided he wants to insert small plastic trays inside?
The mock finger joints went well after making up a corner cutting jig - I used ebony for one and sycamore on the other (so they can be identified easier).
But separating the lid did not go as well as I hoped!
The first one I used my table saw having done a trial run on a scrap piece of timber - but I got some tear out on the sapele!
So for the second one I tried my bandsaw but I missed the point between the rebates - I had been trying to create a rebate joint using two opposite cuts.
Tomorrow I will be digging out my old Record 043 for some tricky planing to try to reinstate the rebates?

I think for the others I make, it will be a straight cut across with a finer blade and some upstanding liners in the bottom section to locate the lid?

The hot weather did not help too!

Rod

 

[Harbo]

Here's a photo showing cutting jig and boxes:

Rod

 

[Harbo]

Here's the two "finished" with Osmo - the client (my son-in-law) could not wait for any hinges or knobs! And very hurried photo:

Not in the same league as Rob's but good enough for toy soldiers?

Rod

 

[OPJ]

Nice work, Rod. Looks like the Osmo oil works great on dark timbers as well.