This was a challenging commission from a very dear friend. Make a box containing her Red Star.
Well the starting point was a mozaic she has hanging at her home, conveniently posted on her Facebook page (I do love the net, everything at you fingertips).

I decided to base the design around the large, black bordered, star in the top left. The design was accepted so here I went. The first question I asked myself was – How to do it? The clue was in the mozaic and heres how I did it. Please bear with me some of the pics are blurred, these were taken before I discovered the macro setting on my camera.
First I made a blank with 12mm of Padauk with 1mm of ebony on both sides.

Then I sliced across this at 18 degrees.

Then I flipped one piece and re-glued them into one.

I made up a plywood jig, with an included angle of 36 degrees to hold this new piece whilst I cut off both the back angles.

I flipped the jig and the new blank and set the blade to fence gap on the table saw to 4mm and used it to slice up the blank into five identical pieces. Push stick not shown, but essential. I like my fingers as they are.

Here are the pieces.

And here they are re-arranged into a star.

This was glued to a base board with a surrounding of Sycamore, cut as needed.

The box construction was as in the Black and White Dots blog.
-- Martyn -- Boxologist, Pattern Juggler and Candyman of the visually challenging. http://www.theartofboxes.com

















16 comments so far
Dennisgrosen
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#1 posted 1141 days ago
thank´s for the toturial on this one
amasing how simple things seems to bee when
they are divided into small steps
plaese keep let them come you do a great job
Dennis
Cozmo35
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#2 posted 1141 days ago
You never cease to amaze me with your skills! WOW! is all I can say! Of course you know, I am going to try this…!
-- If you don't work, you don't eat!.....Garland, TX
BritBoxmaker
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#3 posted 1141 days ago
How could you resist? Joking aside good luck with it Cozmo
-- Martyn -- Boxologist, Pattern Juggler and Candyman of the visually challenging. http://www.theartofboxes.com
lumberdustjohn
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#4 posted 1141 days ago
Thanks for tips.
Someday…...
Thanks for sharing
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BarbS
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#5 posted 1141 days ago
Thanks Martyn! Simpler than it looks. I think.
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Mary Anne
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#6 posted 1141 days ago
Another great tutorial. Thank you!
I hope I live to be over 200 years old for all that I want to learn and the projects I want to try. Just trying out your designs is sure to keep me going for a couple of years. ;)
PurpLev
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#7 posted 1141 days ago
very cool, thanks for posting this.
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Kent Shepherd
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#8 posted 1141 days ago
Thanks for the information. I found it helpful.
-- She thought I hung the moon--now she just thinks I did it wrong
bigike
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#9 posted 1141 days ago
WOW, you make it look so simple.
-- Ike, Big Daddies Woodshop, http://www.icombadaniels@yahoo.com
sras
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#10 posted 1141 days ago
Very clear description. Thanks for sharing!
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a1Jim
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#11 posted 1141 days ago
Well done cool info
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KnifeL
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#12 posted 1141 days ago
Great tutorial!
-- Will in Boulder, CO
stefang
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#13 posted 1141 days ago
Very well thought out process and a great blog to explain it. I especially liked the jig and the efficient way it was used for the whole job. Thanks for sharing.
-- Mike, American in Norway
patron
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#14 posted 1141 days ago
nice , martyn ,
i saw this before the detail photos appeared ,
so wasn’t to sure what you were talking about .
now i just have to get used to your
strange use of the english language ,
and that funny accent (LOL) !
-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle
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#15 posted 1141 days ago
here you go autumn ,
http://lumberjocks.com/BritBoxmaker/blog/14897
-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle
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