Lining Your Jewelry Box With Felt - Tutorial

Tremendous Mike… just when I was about to line a jewellry box the hard way with glue…

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You know what Mike???
I went to a bookbinding factory a few years ago … they made all sorts of things relating to paper / cardboard / boxes etc….and they also did felt lining to various boxes…hat boxes and the like…
These were professional finnishers….. And they did it exactly the way you do it…
Pro job… Very good work…
Well done… and thanks for going through the effort to share.

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Thanks for the tutorial, I have always bought the peel and stick. I like your idea better.

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Excellent step-by-step write-up!

It’s always nice to have pictures that go along with the directions, at least for me, as I’m a very visual person.

-- Jonathan, Denver, CO

Fantastic job Mike, I never though of covering small pieces and putting them in individually. I have always done it hte hard way, the little bit I have done:-((

One thing I do for sure is to be very careful around our $500 dining room table ;-))

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good writeup – thanks for the tutorial.

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Nice job Mike. I’ve been a little reluctant to try lining my boxes but I might give it a try you have provided a great pictorial.

-- Dale, Ohio

Excellent as usual when it comes from you Mike
thank´s for sharing it with us

Dennis

very very good job, looks cleanly instaled.

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Thanks everyone. I did a little editing shortly after I posted it and corrected some wrong photos, etc.

Larry Glad you will find this of some use mate. I also considered gluing the felt in, but I know myself pretty well and decided I needed a more flexible way so I could correct all my mistakes. In fact though it all went very smoothly once I got a wastebasket and cleaned up the cuttings as I went and got the idea to apply the plastic bits to the tape instead of the other way around.

Mario I am flabbergasted to hear that I did it like the pros because I honestly haven’t done any research on this before starting. I did see an article in FWW mag a few years ago, but I didn’t like what they did or how they did it. That’s where my dislike of the puffy stuff started.

-- Mike, American in Norway - Do it the fun way

Stefang what will you do if it has been one of those drawers in a toolbox were there is this french…... (can´t remember the name) holes that excacly fid your tools and by one look you can see if any of them is mising
they have such an od shape but still looks great when they have felt

Dennis

Very good post…..........Thanks for sharing it with us.

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Sorry Dennis, what you are talking about is quite different because I think they use one piece for what you are describing. It seems to me that they would have to remove some “V” shape pieces to make it fit, much like what you see when the round earth is shown “unraveled” on a flat surface. If you cut that map out and put on a round object it all fit nicely together, but there would be some seams. However, it might not be too difficult for skilled people to hide those seams when working with felt because it does have a surface that fits very well together. Maybe there’s something on the net. You could try googling it. Otherwise it could just be sprayed on with an aerosol can. I haven’t seen any in Norway, but I remember my brother spraying the dashboard of his car back in 1951 with a felt spray can.
It actually looked like velvet.

-- Mike, American in Norway - Do it the fun way

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Thanks mike another great blog

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Thanks for the demo Mike, great tutorial as usual. One of these days I am going to dabble in stuff like that, since, as you probably gathered, I like to make small items that require precision. Then I’ll be back looking at your tutorials again….....

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You sir deserve a cookie!

This is great, one of the big items on my to do list is a jewelry armoire for my mom, I didn’thave the slightest clue how I was gonna do the lining, thanx! :D

-- - Jei, Rockford IL - When in doubt, spray it with WD-40 and wrap it with duct tape. The details will attend to themselves.

It appears the plastic has to be ‘dished’ to stick (because of the thickness of the felt around the edges of the back), that didn’t cause any problems with installation?

Also, a self healing cutting mat (available at hobby and craft stores) is very friendly to the [relatively] delicate edges of your Xacto knife.

-- Derek, Bremerton WA --

Thanks for the positive remarks. This project came out a lot better than most of my woodworking projects so I am a little proud of the result, especially when I thought it would be a disaster!

JJohnston It’s a thin hard plastic used to roll out dough on. I’m sure you have it there or something like it. Any hard thin plastic will work, thin is good because it looks better.

Derek I didn’t experience any dishing problems, but I’m sure it dishes a little, but not enough to be visible to the human eye. I did try to find a cutting board like you described, but so far, no luck.

-- Mike, American in Norway - Do it the fun way

Thank you Mike for posting this. Very informative and educational.

-- Dan ~ Texarkana, Tx.

Thank you. I’ve been wanting to do this to a few boxes but had no idea on how to start. the idea of spraying an adhesive and sticking the felt in place was as far as it went. i wasn’t doing that, they would be feltless boxes before i tryed that. thank you for a better way.

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