Project Information
African Blackwood is a very dense and very heavy wood, weighing in at 79lbs/ft dried weight. It has quite a dulling effect on router bits but, is excellent to work using card scrapers and sandpaper. I attempted to get the dimensions of these blocks as close to .4375×1.31255×2.625 as possible. They will stack up to 8 blocks high, end on end, so I probably got pretty close.
The proportions I used on these, thickness x 3 = width x 2 = height, I got from an article by Scott Wunder. Ideal proportions for stacking, lining up to tip over like dominos, etc. Made from blackwood they feel good in the fingers and have a great sound when clinked together.
The Bloodwood box, I made specifically for 45 of these blocks. It took a while to figure out ways to get the blocks and the box sized for an ideal fit. The box lid will fit upside down to create a flat platform for stacking blocks on top.
Edit. picture quality went south after posting.
The proportions I used on these, thickness x 3 = width x 2 = height, I got from an article by Scott Wunder. Ideal proportions for stacking, lining up to tip over like dominos, etc. Made from blackwood they feel good in the fingers and have a great sound when clinked together.
The Bloodwood box, I made specifically for 45 of these blocks. It took a while to figure out ways to get the blocks and the box sized for an ideal fit. The box lid will fit upside down to create a flat platform for stacking blocks on top.
Edit. picture quality went south after posting.