Zebrawood Box

Very nice, I really like the look of Zebra wood. I am sure your wife liked it very much.

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

Cool Looking box. That was not a mistake. It’s called a design feature.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Damian: Do you know how to make all 4 corners match. It’s possible.

You get a board that is the length of one side and one end.
You resaw it into half, so now you have two boards that are mirror images of one-another. The two inside pieces are the same.

You mark as in the picture and join the ends with a 45% angle. All corners match.

You need a 7/8 board to get 3/8” sides or 5/4 to get 1/2” sides.

Really I’m backwards on the picture because the inside of the box would match. So what you need to do is after resawing put the original outside surfaces together so that the new inside cuts are on the outside and mark as shown.

I failed to tell you to reorganize the boards before marking the end numbers.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Ahhhh, I did not know that. Thanks for the tip :)

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

No problem.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Damian: here is a small box that I made for my wife. What was unique was the height of each of the corners were a different length.

The board that I resawn went from 2” to 3” down the length of the board. So I had to cut box joints that matched in each of the corners. So the right rear corner was the tallest. The right front was a little less and the left rear was shorter still and the left front was the shortest.

After I cut the box joints and glued it up, I had to sand the top surface to allow for the lid to fit without rocking.

It was an interesting challenge to get it done. We were having a box joint class at my woodworking club, and I brought in this challenge to try.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

wow…that is really helpful karson!!! I want to try this…Great Project damian…I really like the zebra wood…

Where do you get your wood in Oakland??

-- Matt, Napa, CA...SING WITH ME: "Sum...sum...sum...summ...summ...summ...summertime..."

Awesome box Damian! Thanks for the howto, Karson!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Beautiful box Damian…

Great how to Karson. This illustrates one of the best reasons for checking out every single project on the site. What a great tidbit of info to file away.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

I reckon you could win yourself a prize sending that tip in to one of the woodworking mags.

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

Nice box, you can still call it a “spontaneous design change” – a quote I picked up from the instructor of a spindle turning class I once took.

We all learn from the best here – our fellow LJ’s!

-- The opposite of war isn't peace. It's creation. -- Wood T's: http://www.printfection.com/snbcreative

Thanks for posting the information Karson, I am trying that a.s.a.p.

Damian, Great idea to pose the box on your carpeted stairs! It makes for a great backdrop. Much better than my tired old drop cloth! :-) Oh, lest I forget – Beautiful box!

-- John

Great box Damian, even though Karson was late with his suggestion, it still came out nice.. jockmike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

This was a trial for all the future boxes Mike.

He didn’t know he had a problem until this box was finished. Now he has a soution.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Great looking Zebra wood box. Thanks for the how-to, Karson. You’re a well of knowledge!

-- Jesus is Lord!

Great wood and finished box. I like the butterfly book match projects and now will need to do one of my own just to keep up with the Jocks…

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3

Nice work, Damien. I just love small wooden boxes!

And Karson, what a great tip. I’ve never seen that anywhere – and I study box making.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

Beautful box, Damian.

Karson..great tip! Which cad program did you use for that drawing??? :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Great work Damian…we will be neighbors in about a month…well city neighbors. I will be moving to San Leandro in about a month. Some of the other guys who live in the central valley are starting a central valley woodworkers group. The city is about an hour away.

-- Steffen

Pencil Cad. The problem with it is after it gets drawn you have to go over the lines with pen to make them dark enough to be able to see them. And there is no electronic output so If you want to expand the output to a larger size it takes (Well basically) larger magnifying lenses.

Don: I’m not sure where I say it, But I was wondering if I should post it because I thought that everyone knew it.

Silly me, I’m glad that The cad program was working and that I was able to help others in their box making.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Great box Damian.Thats some wild grain!

-- " Stubborn tenacity substitutes for natural ability" ANDY

Great box, great tip!

-- --Chuck

Nice box – it really lets the grain speak.
Zebra wood is really nice and you’ve made good use of it.

I never saw this until now. This is really nice.

-- Dust collectors suck.

Thanks for the kind words guys, it was a fun little project, and left me with the wood for my favorite (for obvious reasons) table :)

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso