| Project by SPHinTampa | posted 111 days ago | 290 views | 2 times favorited | 6 comments |  |
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Top is yew veneered to maple 1/8” ply using Rocket manual pump veneering system.
Sides are 3/8” walnut.
Finished using 2 coats tung oil, 3 coats oil/varnish blend
Construction steps:
- resaw one length of walnut = width + length of box
- flip open resawn board like a book
- cut side, length, side, length to get grain match
- use router table, 45” chamfer bit and coping sled to create miters on each end
- use scrap piece to set 1/8” bit to exactly 1/2 thickness of walnut sides by running groove on one side, moving fence back 1/8” inch, flipping piece over and running another groove until you get an even match
- run 1/8” groove for lid
- run 1/8” groove for bottom panel (walnut veneer on 1/8” maple ply)
- run groove for inner lip of lid and note carefully where you made it (I left router table set up in place until next step)
- glue together all four sides with top and bottom panel in place
- wait 24-48 hours
- most important steps next for a perfect fit lid
– move fence back 1/8” (you want to run router bit just under the inside lip you created previously)
– place lid against fence and run groove along two sides
– put 1/8” spacers into grooves so box doesn’t close and wreck your lid
– groove final two sides and you get an exact fitting lid (use xacto knife if you need to cut free)
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6 comments so far
CharlieM1958
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posted 111 days ago
Nice looking box!
I’ve never tried cutting my lid off on the router table…. I’ll have to give it a try one of these days.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Woodhacker
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posted 111 days ago
Very nice Shawn. I love the grain in that yew…great contrast with the walnut.
Thanks for posting it.
-- Martin, Kansas
ericmakesthings
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posted 111 days ago
I’ve used this technique for making lids for years, but I do in on the table saw. it makes well fitting lids, and continuity for the grain pattern.
I have a detail picture on one of my recent boxes
http://lumberjocks.com/assets/pictures/projects/28067.jpg
Tom Adamski
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posted 111 days ago
Shawn,
Very nice looking box. The Yew has such a great figure. I think I’m going to try some in my next box…
Charlie, Careful with the cutting with a router. Personaly I snapped not one, but two 1/8” bits that way. (Read: didn’t learn lesson on the first try) They are not terribly expensive, but $18 for spiral down cutting bits adds up fast. My favorite way to seperate box tops is with a table saw. Using the fence, cut all but the last 1/64” (use an xacto knife to check depth, when you are there, it will be easy to push the blade through). The small web of wood supports the lid untill all four sides are cut, and since you did not cutt all the way through, you have no chip out on the inside edge. Use the xacto knife to cafefully cut the top from the box. After seperating the top and body, I just sand the ends on a flat piece of marble (floor tile) until flat and smooth.
Good luck…
Tom
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TreeBones
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posted 110 days ago
Nice, walnut and figured boxes are my favorite’s.
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Scott Bryan
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posted 110 days ago
Shawn,
This is a nice box and thanks for the comments describing the construction process.
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