From slab to box...
As promised, a blog on the steps [or most of them] to take a slab to dimensional timber required for fine box making.. in picture form…
Cross cut to approximate length.
Run through thicknesses… no need for jointing this stock [it
is flat and stable]...besides I do not have a large enough jointer…
Freehand ripping on the bandsaw prior to jointing edge…
See I only have a small one…
Next step is to rip to width… no photos…
Resaw on the bandsaw… by doing this you can actually get all 4 corners to have continuous grain…
This is a ring in… the timber is Rosewood but just showing how well a bi metal blade works …
You can see the finished boxes… or at least two of the forty I am making….
Here!
As promised, a blog on the steps [or most of them] to take a slab to dimensional timber required for fine box making.. in picture form…
Cross cut to approximate length.
Run through thicknesses… no need for jointing this stock [it
is flat and stable]...besides I do not have a large enough jointer…
Freehand ripping on the bandsaw prior to jointing edge…
See I only have a small one…
Next step is to rip to width… no photos…
Resaw on the bandsaw… by doing this you can actually get all 4 corners to have continuous grain…
This is a ring in… the timber is Rosewood but just showing how well a bi metal blade works …
You can see the finished boxes… or at least two of the forty I am making….
Here!