12 days ago
by littlecope |
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In the last episode the latest box (a Bubinga type thing) was in the final stages…
After cleaning up the top’s edges, some “reveals” were found, small separations in the miters of the top… I tried what I’ve heard about here so many times, making a slurry of the sawdust and wood glue, and applying it to the separations… The results were excellent!! When the project is posted in a few days, You can be the judge of where the reveals were! :)Anyway, wh...
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300 days ago
by littlecope |
13 comments »
So I made a decent pair of hinges, but when I placed them on the box, they looked a little big for the application…
Well, I can’t enlarge the box very easily… So I guess I’ll just have to “shrink” the hinges!!
It’s good that these are versatile, but it took a little extra work to achieve…The center/lid stop part had to have its hole re-sized (in order to become a slip-fit) and I thought it “Stuck out” a little too far… so...
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362 days ago
by CartersWhittling |
15 comments »
Hello.
With the lid finished, bottom in place and skirts glued on I can begin installing the hinges and the lock. All the hardware (excluding casters and lid chain) were bought from http://www.horton-brasses.com/ which is where Chris Schwarz got his hardware as well.
So first off I began by installing the hinges. I placed the lid on the chest and got it into position and marked one side of each hinge on both the lid and top edge of the chest.
Then I used the hinge itself to mark ...
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388 days ago
by Boxguy |
7 comments »
How do you make a hinge and fit it in a box so that it looks like this when you are done?
You Could Use This!...My Hinge Station or a Hack Saw
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Just Browsing? If you want to casually breeze through this just read the dark print and look at the pictures. For more serious readers, I have included details in the fine print.
Economics: Price is a major consideration if you are making boxes for sale. I simply can’t afford to put $35 or more into a set of fine brass hinges and m...
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509 days ago
by BritBoxmaker |
7 comments »
I’m just going to let the pictures tell the story here. The only things I will say is that the template guide pin must be exactly the same width as the router bit used (6mm in this case) and the minimum hinge pin width is also dictated by the router bit used. This is the test run with a 115mm square x 6mm thick piece of MDF being routed. No, even I don’t trust the actual pieces I am working for a project to the first run with a new jig.The templates were marked out, using a knife,...
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546 days ago
by Paul Sellers |
2 comments »
Hi,
Here is part four. It is a bit longer than the other sections despite the fact that I have cut it down quite a bit. I hope it will prove a useful tutorial in setting hinges.
Enjoy,
Paul Sellers
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574 days ago
by Byron |
2 comments »
So heres the finished thing. You can see it open in the pictures on the bottom. Better pictures soon to come.
The drawers are an important part of my design because of my mother. When I was younger she taught my older brother and myself how to play canasta, and always had two nice decks of cards to play, unfortunately we were not the cleanest while playing and the cards almost always got ruined. Eventually she started to hide the cards. It came to the point where she would burry the c...
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799 days ago
by dakremer |
5 comments »
Hey guys. Here is a cool little idea I came up with tonight for a table i’m making that is going to be portable and foldable. The table is a chiropractic table for practicing palpation and adjusting techniques. You can see my first model here. There was some stability problems with my first one. (mainly I had only 5 legs…..1 at each corner, and 1 in the middle. The middle leg was creating a pivot point, which was throwing the balance off). This new table will have 6 legs. ...
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808 days ago
by rivergirl |
34 comments »
I recently built a primitive cabinet with surface mounted hinges. The hinges were new and looked cheesy on the cabinet. I thought about painting the hinges black- but then decided to rust them instead. Rusting hinges and other metal parts for primitive furniture is EASY and QUICK. 2. Do not use a good pan. (Yes- I learned that the hard way today.) Soak your hinges etc in apple cider vinegar overnight. 3. The next day put equal parts liquid bleach and water in an OLD pan and put your part...
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965 days ago
by littlecope |
16 comments »
I started feeling lousy a little over three weeks ago… woke up one Monday morning with a chill that I just couldn’t shake. I don’t know if it was a cold, or the flu, or what, but I haven’t felt “normal” until this week…I didn’t even have any specific symptoms, and it wasn’t a knockdown, drag-’em-out thing either, I just had the blahs… didn’t feel like Woodworking… I didn’t even feel like hanging out here on LJ...
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