| Project by Kerry | posted 66 days ago | 293 views | 2 times favorited | 15 comments | ![]() |
This is a box I made for my sister a couple of years ago. Red oak and walnut. I started the curve on the side boards with the table saw, then finished up by handplane. Finish is waterbased poly. I can’t for the life of me remember whether I put BLO on first.
Thanks for having a look,
Kerry
-- Alberta, Canada
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15 comments so far
brianinpa
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posted 66 days ago
Very nice box Kerry. I like the curved sides, adn the contrasting colors of the two types of wood.
-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.
Karson
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posted 66 days ago
A great box. Nice design
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trifern
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posted 66 days ago
That is a gorgeous box. I love the shape.
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CharlieM1958
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posted 66 days ago
Beautiful. The shape really makes it special.
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Sawdust2
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posted 66 days ago
So tell us how you shaped the sides. It’s a good looking box and I, for one, would like to know how you did it.
Lee
-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.
Scott Bryan
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posted 66 days ago
Kerry,
This is a gorgeous box. You executed a nice design in building this one.
Nice job.
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brunob
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posted 66 days ago
Very well done.
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Dusty56
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posted 66 days ago
beautiful box ! what is “BLO” please ?
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cajunpen
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posted 66 days ago
Great looking box – good design, great finish.
Dusty65 – BLO is Boiled Linseed Oil – a very popular and efficient finish.
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GaryK
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posted 65 days ago
Very cool looking box.
I know what a pain it is to get all the sides coming out exactly where you want them to.
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Colin
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posted 65 days ago
yes, nice box, the curved sides add an interesting difference, well done.
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grovemadman
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posted 65 days ago
Intersting design and great choice of wood.
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jjohn
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posted 65 days ago
as has been said above. I like it. When something makes you take a second look you know you did something really right, or really wrong…LOL. You did good.
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Kerry
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posted 65 days ago
Thanks guys.
Lee – I joined the sides together 1st, then tilted my tablesaw blade a few degrees, set the fence and ran the long sides through, turned it upside down and ran them through again. I then removed the fence and used my mitre guage to cut the short sides. Afterwards I clamped it in my bench vice and finished shaping the sides with a #4 1/2 (the only plane I had at the time :-).
For those who mentioned the choice of wood – I REALLY like the look of walnut with red oak. To me they just look like they were meant for each other.
Thanks for the nice comments.
Kerry
-- Alberta, Canada
Grumpy
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posted 64 days ago
Very nice job.
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