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That looks great!So if I understand correctly, your grain direction is parallel to the shading stripes on both pieces? So the two pieces don't have matching grain direction, but it doesn't matter because you covered it with gold leaf so it isn't visible?My plan is to have the wood visible, with a series of grooves in it to suggest it is made up of multiple pages (even though, now I think about it, leaving it smooth would more closely resemble an actual book!), so I don't think that would work for me.That would be great, thanks!I'm not sure what I'll be doing for hinges yet. One possibility is I have some barrel hinges like these that I thought might work well.In fact, maybe what I'll do is to make a box ignoring wood movement, so I can experiment with hardware and wood-shaping without spending too much time on the box construction. And then I can see how that box fares over the years.ThanksWend
That looks great!
So if I understand correctly, your grain direction is parallel to the shading stripes on both pieces? So the two pieces don't have matching grain direction, but it doesn't matter because you covered it with gold leaf so it isn't visible?
My plan is to have the wood visible, with a series of grooves in it to suggest it is made up of multiple pages (even though, now I think about it, leaving it smooth would more closely resemble an actual book!), so I don't think that would work for me.
That would be great, thanks!
I'm not sure what I'll be doing for hinges yet. One possibility is I have some barrel hinges like these that I thought might work well.
In fact, maybe what I'll do is to make a box ignoring wood movement, so I can experiment with hardware and wood-shaping without spending too much time on the box construction. And then I can see how that box fares over the years.
Thanks
Wend
