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I dropped my miter gage and wanted to check it to make sure it was still square. After I checked it I decided to go ahead and use the pieces of wood I used to check it with to make a small box as I hadn’t made one in awhile. With no idea as to what this box was going to look like I re cut the pieces into 4 equal sized mitered sides, then ran a groove in the bottom and a rabbit on top, cut a bottom to fit in the grooves and glued it up. while the glue was drying I cut a square piece for the top ran a rabbit around the bottom and cut a bevel on the sides. So I had my box but thought it was just to plane so I decided to add some splines so after digging through the scrap pile I decided to use some left over purple heart. Grabbed my spline jig and cut for the splines and glued them in. Then I decide it needed a handle on top but I didn’t want something big or long, so after some deliberation a decided to cut some bevels on the end of a 3/4” x 3/4” piece of Ph and square cut it at the top of the bevels, I had my handle. I finish sanded every thing and glued the handle on and was going to finish it but decided it was still to plane looking, but didn’t really know what else I wanted or could do to it to make it less plane. After some more thought I decide to put legs on the corners but didn’t have enough 3/4 Ph to make four legs unless I ripped a strip off a wide piece. Not wanting to rip up one of my wide pieces I decided to go ahead and finish it the way it was. Then it hit me, make legs out of some thin stock I had used to make the splines out of. I made a cardboard template and cut four legs, a little filling and some sanding and I had my four legs. I put the legs on and applied the finish. Anyway sorry about the rambling I dropped my miter gage and ended up with this;
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18 comments so far
brunob
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posted 396 days ago
What a great accident. You’re a creative person!
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TomFran
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posted 396 days ago
Sounds like you had fun creating this box!
Dropping your miter gauge can be beneficial. Nice work!
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mot
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posted 396 days ago
That’s a really neat design. Thanks for posting!
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WayneC
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posted 396 days ago
I agree with the Toms. Great Box.
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DocK16
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posted 396 days ago
Love the box, have to admit I’m not familiar with a “spline jig”. Mind posting a pic?
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Buckskin
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posted 396 days ago
I think I need to drop my miter gauge….....
Bob Babcock
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posted 395 days ago
Very nice. Don will love this one.
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cajunpen
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posted 395 days ago
Great looking box – I’m going out to the shop right now to throw my Miter Gauge and see what develops – with my luck, I’ll have to buy an new MG.
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scottb
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posted 395 days ago
Yeah Bob, Don just loves little boxes, and this one is little! ;)
The legs look like characters to me… loosely stylized people carrying the box. Very cool. Amazing what can happen when were being extemporaneous. Nice!
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mikeH
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posted 395 days ago
very nice box. some info on the spline jig would be cool. i always wanted to make some boxes just did not know what or how to decorate them. i guess just start cutting wood and see what comes of it .
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Don
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posted 395 days ago
OK, OK, I like it! No, I love it, ‘cause I just love small wooden boxes.
TK, this is a very interesting box – I like the way you allowed your available wood determine the look. It has an Oriental feel to it. I agree with Scott. The legs looks like people lift and shoving the box toward each other; kind of a reverse tug of war – or should that be a push of war?
Nice work!
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MsDebbieP
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posted 395 days ago
the write-up is wonderful!!!!
had to laugh at the last sentence :)
Magnificent box you made through the process. Well done.
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snowdog
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posted 395 days ago
You should have titled it “Magical Miter Gauge tour” :)
“spline jig” http://sawdustmaking.com/About%20Joints/about_joints.htm
Down the bottom of the page
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Brad_Nailor
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posted 395 days ago
Beautifull box! I love the angled splines. It definatley has a very oriental feel to it.
Some of the best projects are born out of scrap wood and boredom!
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Bill
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posted 395 days ago
Nice looking box Tekton. I like the contrast between the woods. I think you have one Christmas present already completed.
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DAN
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posted 395 days ago
Nice project and the story was fun to read. You do good work !
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Don
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posted 395 days ago
Spline Jig
-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/
tekton
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posted 394 days ago
Thanks all for the kind words, I’m usually reasonably sure my projects will turn out ok but I have no idea how my post turned out that well. Must have been the lunar phase or something : )
-- tektōn an artificer, that is, (specifically) a craftsman in wood: - carpenter. http://cicc.wordpress.com