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glue up time...

made the dividers...glue with rubber bands instead of the blue tape.

made some accoutrement..the hardwood feet..red luan rabbeted on the TS..cut to size.

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final trimming of burrs and what nots...

installed the feet with just glue and kept them in place using rubber bands

time to make the cover while waiting for the glue to fix the feet
edge trimming via the rt..

tear outs..note the inlaid wood placed on either ends of the cover..the width of the inlay is the width of the carbide tooth.

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all of the parts were finished with two coats of spray on poly (satin sheen) except the cover where i applied olive oil (body shop)...smells nice though..hehe
this is for someone else's swmbo...its free of course.

have a nice day ahead braders.

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Nice zoom doc clear na clear grabe waka say

nice box!!! ang ganda kaw ba gumawa yan ganda bahay ng tarantula:spider: :loopy: hehehe joke nice work doc magaling ka na nga...

 

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very nice work Doc, pictures are great. Sa eb, maybe you can give us tips on how to take good looking pictures....
the miters are tight, fit is spot on, your freinds boss will be happy with them. one suggestion lang. you can make a unique handle that will make the box more special. :beam: I do love the ingenuity of the feet....
So inlay time na, a bandsaw in your shop will make wonders Doc... trust me, you will love one....

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So inlay time na, a bandsaw in your shop will make wonders Doc... trust me, you will love one....

Attaboy Timb.... it's good to get members armed to the teeth which would rival foreign sites. What's good about your suggestions is that when you say jump you always jump first.

All the while I thought I was in woodworking.com watching a WIP .. ke Doc V pala.

:attack:

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doc V, i really enjoyed watching your thread,

pics pa lang, macro shoots ba yan ( close up ng blade ) ?

and your box, the lucky recipient ( the someone else's swmbo ) will surely be "in-love" with your project. :doclove:

very neat, clean and crisp...:champis2:

:2thumbsup:

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Very nice box indeed. The legs sealed and strenghted the miter joints negating the need for miter splines. The design of the cover is also awesome compensating the absence of metal hinges. The pictures for this project also categorized the build as "quickie", docV just showed how "easy" to make one (though i feel the opposite) 🙂 ..

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@all,

been away and thankfully still far from the walls of the operating room! hah!

thanks very much for all the nice comments..your positive feedbacks boosted my immune system with energy to build and build and build:thanks:...

the box is indeed a quick work coz the would be recipient is leaving really soon..of course i browsed the net and old woodworking mags for some designs but majority are too complicated to do hence i made it simple...

the key here is..things become elegant when all of the pieces are cut to size, planed to thickness and observing squareness everytime..i took the old school of sanding manually..thinking that this box will be held everytime (especially by a woman's hand) so i need all (i say ALL including the bottom) edges smooth.. its small and the sander can't get through the crevices anyway...and lastly thankfully i still have some quick spray on water based poly and not thinking about getting a 27K air compressor and 5K spray gun!

two things that i should have improved to make this project even much sweeter.
1. the cover handle..timber was very correct in pointing that..the cover with that turned knob handle looked liked a caserola:p..although it (handle) is still wood, it was really out of place when all the box has are clean lines (ask moji about architecture!).. i was really thinking of a thin piece of dark hardwood cut half moon shaped...but was lazy to pull the scrollsaw nearby.

2. the feet should have curvy sides...but this is hardwood and i am sure the scrollsaw will say .."naaah"...(a bandsaw job indeed!)

with regards to photographing the build...of course, taking pictures is a hassle sometimes..especially if all that you have is a dslr (fyi, mine is just an amateur advanced category one...i am still dreaming of some full frame dslr)..it slowed in fact the build coz i need to clear the air with the fine dusts before i take a shot..and my hands need to be dust free at least before i touch the camera.

i only have a single fixed lens and that is my problem..sometimes i wanted to include more so i needed to move back but still the space in my woodshop cannot even add a few inches of what i want to include...:mad:

do not fret braders..for your point and shoot camera can still make fine photos if you harness its features...there are four tips.
1. use natural light...meaning avoid flash! take pictures near window..at night time, use artificial light available..like the overhead ceiling lamp, your desktop lamp or flashlight!

2. get yourself a cheap but sturdy tripod..what i use is a different kind of tripod for close shots and its cheap..i will take a picture of it later..using a tripod you can set your point and shoot camera to all manual..meaning, you can remove/block the flash and you can manipulate the speed and opening of the lens system..ie..aperture and f stop..i know some of our PHM members are adept also in photography here.

3. avoid clutter...do not include distractions in the photographs..remove any object/tool that isnt wanted...or crop it instead! (Windows has pre installed photo editing software naman or you can download "photoscape" photoediting software for free)

4. compose the picture..its like telling a story.

...dont worry for the close up shots..your point and shoot camera has this "close up/macro" setting anyway..yes they are point and shoot only but you will not believe, what you have now are full featured point and shoot digicams! its not like the film type point and shoot made in the 90's anymore with features that can rival the heaviest of the newer dslrs!

its not always the "megapixel" battle...a 2mp digicams in fact will do the job! remember, photos the size of 8" x 11" wont be allowed here in this site anyway so why bother with 10mp or more digicams!

good day ahead braders..

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was making a jewelry box for a friend and things started to go wrong, to make the story short, the box was intended to be 4" high and ended 3 1/2". now since I cannot give it to him, I decided to try something new and keep the box to myself.
well, naiingit ako kay Doc's boc na may inlay, so I decided to inlay the box so I can try my hand at it...

not big, for reference I placed a common item inside. and decided to use barrel hinges...

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not yet completely finished but shows potential....

I just wanted to try a stopped one (on top)...

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sulit pala ang hirap jan...ang hirap gumawa ng delicate items :p

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sana may WIPS, paglagay ng inlay....

naiingit din ako sa mga boxes nyo...

very lovely box...matutuwa talaga at magiging proud ang magiging owner.

na nagpapataba naman ng puso ng maker....:lv::lv::lv::lv:

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Got some boxes done, these are LP boxes.


and here is a small jewelry box in progress... mitered and splined.

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Nice pics on boxes Timber. I guess barrel hinge is the easiest to install among the types of hinges. I have tried quadrant hinge and so far ruined two boxes already and still unsuccessful. I gave up muna sa mga box projects.

The splines look very wide..tagusan ba sa loob ng box then cut na lang yung protrusion? or is it the board is talagang makapal? What type of wood did you use for the spline, it looks kamagong from its dark color.