My First Box Attempt

You are showing patience. That’s something I really struggle with. Nice work.

-- Nature created it, I just assemble it.

it’s coming along great!

-- Joel

Absolutely beautiful top. Love the wood combination.

-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm

Thanks for the compliments, I have been working pretty hard on it over the last couple of days as it is to be a gift for a very ill friend.

I have some pics here of getting the box made.

All of the corners were done by hand with a block plane and shooting board, the tiny shelf will be to hold a removable tray (yet to be made)

The parts layed out, the base is ply veneered with Jarrah

Asssembly and gluing, every thing fits nicely, then fitted the splines and did a small rebated for the opening of the lid.

1 coat of danish oil applied and another to go and some bees wax when it is dry then I need to buy some hardware.
To finish it all off I will need to make a tray for the inside, not sure what I am doing with that but I’ll see what wood I have lying around.

-- "These are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others." ... Cheers, David from Sydney Australia

I have finished my box now, here are the final pics;

Next job is another turntable plinth so I am going to be doing some thinking about what I would like it to look like.

Regards to all.

-- "These are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others." ... Cheers, David from Sydney Australia

Very classy work, fine style with exacting craftsmanship, Great job, thanks for sharing the extra pics

-- It's Mic Keep working and sharing

can you explain with a little detail how you achieved that finish on all the pieces?

Hi MrJesse,

I am assuming you mean the final finish, firstly I used a scraper (my block plane with blade reversed) and fine paper on all pieces.
The lid I gave two coats of scandinavian oil, applied liberally with a brush and wiped off with a clean rag after about 10’ each time, then when completely dry, about 6 applications of bees wax polishing after each application.
I tried not to go for a completely smooth finish on the burl as it looked so good with the natural imperfections giving the lid a bit of a 3D effect next to the Silky Oak.
The body of the box and tray have just had one coat of scandinavian oil applied as per the lid. I was very careful when gluing all pieces to have as little exess glue on the joints as possible and if there was any I removed straight away before it had time to get into the unfinished wood.

Just let me know if this isn’t what you meant.

All the best, David

-- "These are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others." ... Cheers, David from Sydney Australia

Hi all, way way back in my first pic I said I didn’t know what the lighter wood was. I now know it is Silver Ash for anybody that may be interested.

I hope every body has a safe and healthy 2013.

I have brought a large slab of Murray River Red Gum and some lovely tools from David Baron in the UK for my next turntable plinth project and will be posting some pics soon.

-- "These are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others." ... Cheers, David from Sydney Australia

Excellent fit up of all your parts!!!!!!!!!!!..............Cheers, Jim

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!! Variety is the Spice of Life!!