"Genus Tsuga in a Box" --by RusticWoodArt

....”Genus Tsuga in a Box”

—-while tuning up my band saw to get rid of some drift, I decided to go ahead and make a box out of some of the leftovers from ‘drift exploration’. If you’ve ever studied the topographic of the wood as out the other side, and after the two thirds of the cut, then one knows the need of making adjustments to account for the drift between band saw and the wood.

So here’s a simple little box I made out of some 3’’ x 4’’ hemlock that I resawed on the band saw. Actually I always have 3×4’s around since to me they are the same as a 2×4’s and cheaper since I get them from sawmills, and the truth is they are much straighter, while also hemlock is a very stable wood. For a timber framer, hemlock is a dream come true, easily workable, and an all around good piece of wood in spite of it’s ability to show some cracks. And don’t let the cracks that appear, put you off, as this wood is very stable.

Construction of the box is as follows:

I resawed the 3’’ x 4’’ to a width of 1/8’’, then I hand cut rabbet joints around the base plate using a chisel and pull saw. Next I hand cut four miter joints, making eight cuts into the wood using again the pull saw. After doing some fine tune tweaking I glued and clamped the wood over night.

The following day I hand sanded to #400 grit sandpaper and applied two coats of tung oil, followed by cut shellac. After this had dried, I followed up with #0000 steel wool and called this piece finished. This box will become a knock around container for some useful ‘whatevers’ in my shop. A happy ending of a story for ‘drift exploration’ that comes out good on my band saw.

And least I forget, the box is; 10’’ long, 3-1/2’’ high and 3’’ wide. While if you’re wondering as to where I took these, well yes, I had to climb up onto and into the third floor joists of my barn to get these shots!

Thank you.
Frank
RusticWoodArt

rusticwoodman@gmail.com
www.frank.wordpress.com

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