| Blog series by kolwdwrkr | updated 444 days ago | 4 parts | 1289 reads | 33 comments total |
Part 1: the box part 1
I have always wanted to do this and do that in the craft industry. Toying around with several mediums has always been somewhat challenging, but I want to bring these “experiments” into my woodworking ventures. Things like leather carving and stained glass are only a few of these mediums. In 2003 I broke out the leather tools and cut a square of leather off of a large hide I have. I applied temporary contact cement to the back of the leather and to a piece of cardboard then lam...
Part 2: next step
The maple was outstanding! It wasn’t brilliant like a billet blank, but it was mine. And that made it near priceless. I pulled it out of the stack of lumber and scraped it a little. Took a damp rag and wiped it….brilliant! The figure stood out and begged me to make something with it. I took it to my miter saw, shortened it in length, and stacked it next to the jointer. Everyone knows as well as I do that when you look forward to making a project something happens that takes y...
Part 3: the top
Now that the box was complete it was time to make the top. This part is fairly easy so I won’t go on into a spill about it. My first step was to cut the pieces to width. After that I installed the dado set on the saw so I can cut my groove in the edge to house the panel. After running my groove I set up the miter gauge again with the sacrificial fence and cut my pieces to fit the leather. I decided that I needed to put an inlay in the top too. So, I ran a shallow groove on the ins...
Part 4: the end
So the inlays are in, and the box is finished. I won’t get into detail about anything. I don’t think there was a huge interest in the narative so I won’t continue the story. I thought it would be cool to drag it along, describe the step by step and take the reader through the same journey I went through. In the end it’s just a box. Thanks for looking. I hope everyone enjoyed. Have a happy day ;-)
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