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Starting off... the box itself...

I started off with a rough sawn board of New Guinea Rosewood.. Ripped and dressed to size …5 inches by 3/4 inch…Cut the mitres on the sides on the Incra Mitre Express and then cut a groove top and bottom … the top got a bookmatched panel of ugly NGR with a fine stripe of Silver Ash down the middle.. the base was some really fine plywood…lol
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This shot shows the box glued together and with the sliding dovetail spline slots cut… used the Kehoe Jig .. you can see my review at Larry's Workshop

PhotobucketThis jig is so simple to use.. Then I cut the tapered spline from my favourite.. you guessed it… Purple Heart..
Again a very simple set up and so easy to make these splines.. A little glue.. Titebond III… and a tap into place.
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You can see how easy this is… and you can only put them in one way due to the one degree taper on the slot and the spline…
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I then cut the excess from the splines with a Japanese flush cutting saw… they have teeth set on one side only.. and then sanded the outside of the box.
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I have cut the top off on the table saw… and the gap between the top spline and the next was increased by 3 mm to compensate for the kerf …The cut is just visible.
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A shot showing the box with one coat of clear… tung oil finish actually…
Next I will make the small insert box… from Purple Heart to accent the splines and maybe even line the bottom of both boxes with purple felt… stay tuned..
 
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Boxes are addicting!
This one is a beauty… love the splines and I look forward to seeing the insert.
Purpleheart is beautiful wood… sometimes not so easy to work with, but well worth the effort.
Ellen
 
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i take back what I said on your last post--now I feel like I need to just say--DUDE GET OUT OF THE HOUSE…

JUST KIDDING…great stuff…i love the corners…and two projects in a row that I am liking the finish…I have some…need to try it on my next project…
 
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Checked out the Kehoe jig from this post, pretty cool Larry. It may be the answer for me putting some nice dovetail accents in some of my work with out all the complication of a regular dovetail jig or the cost of a Leigh or Akeda. I've been laying low lately on the woodworking, Curly on ebay is on fire right now and taking up all my time I can't keep enough in my store, it goes as soon as I list it. "Make hay while the sun is shining!" I guess this is more of a PM oh well. Love your new site.
 
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Another Col - larboration..

While this is indeed a finished project… I am posting it here in Blogs because it is not all my work…This is another collaboration .. with my good mate Col.. master boxmaker.. Col has been helping me out with the last few boxes… I have supplied the timber while he has been doing the construction and then I have been applying the hand rubbed oil finish and lining the boxes.. I prefer an oil finish over a gloss polyurethane.

That is not to say I can't make boxes … it is just that his designs with pinned timber hinges are quite fascinating and as I am rather busy, it made good sense for us to join forces.. also he is very fussy when it comes to boxes and his attention to detail is legendary. He does tend to spend more hours and effort on these boxes than he could ever get back for them…Timbers used were recycled Silky Oak, as well as Purple Heart, Hairy Oak and She Oak

Lining is kelly green felt stretched and glued over MDF substrate… this is so the color can be changed if need be
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