Category: Box
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I lightly clamped the lid of the catalpa box to the base so that I could mount the hardware. I used the ever-reliable ice pick to mark the front latch and piloted the screws with a small bit and screwed in the screws. The screw heads that come with the hardware are so fragile that…
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With the outer catalpa box nearly done, I started to assemble the spalted maple inner box. I’ve decided to make the inner box a kind of box with a drawer with a knob on the top to pull it out of the outer box. I’m thinking the box will be quarter inch Baltic birch with…
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I used the hand plane to clean up where the lid meets the body. I am really wanting a disk sander to make these surfaces cleaner and tighter. I’ve been thinking it is probably the next machine I will get, so I might start watching the internet for one. At any rate, I cleaned it…
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I trimmed the top surface and cut another interesting piece of walnut for the lid. I over cut the front side so there will be a lip to help open it. It is going to be hardy box. Another glue up.
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The mill I get my wood from threw in a board of catalpa to see how I like working with it. I’ve decided to make a box out of it. I ripped the board down to ~5.5 inches and processed it in the planer and then cut the sections on my new miter sled. Next…
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I have installed hinges and a latch to the box. The old pine absorbed the danish finish, so I decided to finish it with some paste wax, which I am hoping will settle on top and closer to the surface. I buffed it with a soft shop towel. It has a better glow now. I…
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Sanded the curly pine and walnut box. Put on two coats of Danish finish. The walnut insert is sticking up on that front end, but it will be on the bottom of the box. The curly pine has a lot of depth now that there is a finish. Hardware tomorrow, I hope. The next project…
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After 15 minutes of delicate sanding, I managed to mallet the piece of walnut into the top of the box. The curly pine is so old and dry that it is pretty easy to sand, but still shows a lot of imperfections, which I like. I sanded the whole thing with 60 and then 220.…
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I liberally brushed on a coat of Danish finish and let it absorb for 30 minutes and then did a second coat and waited 15 minutes. The grain really shows up now. The corners look decent. From the front, it almost looks like one solid piece of walnut. Not working with a lot of walnut,…
