383 days ago
by Boxguy |
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Comments: All comments and suggestions are appreciated. That is what makes doing posting worth while.
Overview: In the last blog I detailed how to separate the top from the box and how to start with a long piano hinge then size, cut, polish, round, crimp, smooth, and paint the hinge so it will fit any size of box.
In this chapter I will explain how to install a piano hinge in a box. We will go through how to mortise, fit and fasten the hinge. The essential tools are: router table, ...
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396 days ago
by Boxguy |
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Boxguy’s Spline Slot Cutting Jig
This hard working (and dusty) jig is used on almost every box I make, and is quick and simple to build. It has a wide plywood board for a base, a long “trough” supported by 45 degree triangles cut from a 2X6 and a handle so you can pull it back to you. (I just made the handle out of a forking branch.) The long trough lets me use this for boxes that are large or small. The wide base lets me run the jig along the saw fence. Sliding the...
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422 days ago
by Ryan Haasen |
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Today participated in the regional Skills competition in calgary.It was for grades 10-12, I am in grade 10. After 6 hours of work, my box was complete. I brought some beeswax to make my box stand out from the others. The techniques the box required were hand-cut dovetails, rabbet joints, tapers, dados and other regular practices. The box sides are yellow poplar, the ends are cherry and the top and bottom are cherry plywood.
I came in bronze (third) and was very happy because this was my fi...
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425 days ago
by Wes Grimes |
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Among my hobbies is playing fiddle at acoustic jams.
What I have noticed when a bunch of fiddlers gather is that everyone “ohhs” and “ahhs” over the cases. I think this is because all of the fiddles look the same. Sure some have a prettier finish or grain than others, but none really jump out at you.
There is always someone with a crocodile vintage case that wins the show. Those are hard to come by, so I thought I would try building a wooden case to try and keep ...
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431 days ago
by Boxguy |
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After 30 years of using my trusty Makita 400mm planer, I took the plunge and invested most of my hard-earned box profits from the past year in a new Powermatic 15 inch planer. I found that it was a good day to own a 35 horse Kabota tractor with a pallet forks since this gold beauty comes with 500 pounds of love.
Quick lessons:
When installing the cast iron wings. Attach the center bolt with the wing upside down and then spin it to attach the other two bolts. Put in the set screws for...
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443 days ago
by BritBoxmaker |
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This is going a lot quicker than the last version.
The pin groove went well as did the rounding and bottom groove not a lot to show really.
So.
So long and thanks for all the fish.
The project will be posted shortly
Be seeing you.
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444 days ago
by BritBoxmaker |
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Its supposed to be a threat, I was never any good at those.- Slartibartfast
Well I am. This method is not working.
1.
The small (1mm square x 6mm long) piece that retains the hinge pin falls out. Remember I have used CA (superglue) on these.
2.
On the ‘grain following’ rear/top hinge 1mm is too thin to hold. I could re-enforce with a 0.5mm piece, cross grained to this but problem 1. still remains.
This means the end of this attempt at 3mm thick wooden hin...
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447 days ago
by BritBoxmaker |
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Its been a mixed experience, today. Some things went well and others went….......well not so well.It looked incredibly complex to mark up all the little bits to be trimmed off
so I went an easier route. The external dimensions of the box (well the first three anyway) are 42mm, cubed.With 3mm thick walls this means the inside width and length are 36mm. So I made up a former block 36mm square by a bit longer and placed it inside the box
This holds the box square, allowing (w...
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448 days ago
by BritBoxmaker |
7 comments »
Here we are again. This time its time to cut the fingers on the two remaining pieces, F and B. B the back piece also has the hinge fingers for the lid. Basically offer up the relevant side, in this case Left (already cut) to Front and mark the cutouts with the knife blade.
Do this for both sides of Front and Back (plus the top of the back piece) and cut out all the hinge fingers.Use the same method as before for cutting the single walnut piece for both F and B. Then slide the single wa...
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449 days ago
by BritBoxmaker |
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Hello again.
First thing to do today is mark out all the hinge fingers on L,R and T. Pretty much like this
The cutting regime is shown here on T. Left to right. Marked out, Sycamore layer removed, Sapele layer removed
When all three fingers are removed the Walnut piece is hinged to this piece with masking tape. Walnut layer lowermost. The knife is used to transfer the outlines to this layer.
The Sapele/Sycamore layer is hinged off of this to reveal the outline markings...
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