Mother's Day_Wood Hinge Box for Aunt Rita

good job. looks great

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Very well done.

Thanks for sharing with us and welcome to Lumberjocks community.

-- My woodwork blog : http://www.isetehtud.pri.ee/blog/

Hi Spence

Another nice looking box. The wood hinges is a nice touch. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

I particularly like the stylised “R”,,very bold. Hinges are better than the brass ones I use.
Welcome and look forward to more posts.
Larry

-- Drink once, cut twice. New website up.... lazylarrywoodworks.com.au

The initial give it elegant touch – Very nice box..

Question about appling the initial.
Was glue squeeze out a problem? How did you handle it?

-- ~ SgtSnafu - Central North Carolina

SgtSnafu, Thanks for the comment… I’m no master at glue-ons but this is what I do: I apply small dots of wood glue down the center, then carefully spread them down the central 50% with my pinky finger, leaving bare perhaps 25% of the width on either side… this leaves some ‘wiggle’ room for positioning as well as some surface to absorb what would be squeeze out. I clamp with a board over the letter to spread the pressure and after 15-20 minutes I use a knife blade remove any squeeze out. I know the letter is decorative and doesn’t require much to hold it in place, and there’s no harm if there are bare spots, so I try to not use an excess of glue. I’ve tried with dots of medium viscosity cyanoacrylate (and not spreading it w/finger!), but I didn’t care for it.

-- Spence in Skokie, IL

Thanks for the reply SawTooth – Will give that technique a try..

-- ~ SgtSnafu - Central North Carolina