473 days ago
by Andy |
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This is why its been awhile since my last post.
One of the problems with shaping wood to this extent is any flaws show up.
Figured Bigleaf Maple, aka Western Maple, Oregon Maple, Acer macrophyllum, can have pits, bark inclusions, etc… Well, I found a few during the final shaping.
I knew I was getting pretty close to maximum depth in one corner, but I couldnt leave that little black spot glaring at me.
Then I was all the way through and exposing the bloodwood below, nothing ...
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510 days ago
by Andy |
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I carefully laid out the compartments on a sheet of plywood to be sure it would give the customer the room required.
I then marked my cuts out for the body on the only piece of bloodwood I had left. I cut the board to the width of all four sides and slotted a kerf for the bottom. Here is a test piece of 1/4” ply.
I mitered the sides and then cut slots for splines to add strength and dress it up a little. I used maple and wenge for the splines.
This is how the spline...
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510 days ago
by Andy |
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This blog will show progress on an ArtBox I am building for a client.
In September I received an email from a gentleman named Sean asking if I was interested in making a custom box to display his wrist watch collection. I said I typically dont do commission work for several reasons, but if he wanted to send me details I would look it over before deciding.We worked out the bugs and I agreed to make a box to hold eight watches.
The color of the wood and the grain were important as well as...
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