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Boys and Girls,
I have recently reviewed my Freud 8" Dial-a-Width Dado set, Woodpeckers Dado Set-Up Fixture and vented my spleen about the crappy box packaging with my Freud Dial-a-Width Dado box insert..... which just goes to prove that you can get some great mileage out of a Dado stack.
For once, the Woodpeckers' offering didn't come in a systainer or one of their little black boxes, so I was faced with a swag of loose tool pieces that had the tendency to go walkabouts and me spending hours trying to find the truant pieces. They needed to be boxed!
Becoming a tired statement, nevertheless, off to SketchUp to devise some sort of an enclosure for them.
Voila,
peek-a-boo
exploded,
laser destined cutting layout,
Ready for glue-up, for the boxing…
,
chose to use CA as I was too lazy to scrape off the burn marks (preferable for PVA glue),
a bit of unnecessary clamping,
tried for fit before final glue up,
After laser engraving to about 1.5mm (2 passes), the lettering (PINEWOOD font) was filled in using ebony coloured wood filler,
After several passes of sanding and filling,
I always had issues of attaching these laser cut box tops to the bottom. Came up with this swivel arm over a 4mm dowel design,
The swing was designed in SketchUp and proved to be a smooth "locking" movement. Opted for more streamlined curves,
After some buffing using the Beall 3 wax system (Tripoly, White Diamond and Carnauba wax), the box was ready for its residents,
For any thrillseeker after the SketchUp model.
I have recently reviewed my Freud 8" Dial-a-Width Dado set, Woodpeckers Dado Set-Up Fixture and vented my spleen about the crappy box packaging with my Freud Dial-a-Width Dado box insert..... which just goes to prove that you can get some great mileage out of a Dado stack.
For once, the Woodpeckers' offering didn't come in a systainer or one of their little black boxes, so I was faced with a swag of loose tool pieces that had the tendency to go walkabouts and me spending hours trying to find the truant pieces. They needed to be boxed!
Becoming a tired statement, nevertheless, off to SketchUp to devise some sort of an enclosure for them.
Voila,
peek-a-boo
exploded,
laser destined cutting layout,
Ready for glue-up, for the boxing…
chose to use CA as I was too lazy to scrape off the burn marks (preferable for PVA glue),
a bit of unnecessary clamping,
tried for fit before final glue up,
After laser engraving to about 1.5mm (2 passes), the lettering (PINEWOOD font) was filled in using ebony coloured wood filler,
After several passes of sanding and filling,
I always had issues of attaching these laser cut box tops to the bottom. Came up with this swivel arm over a 4mm dowel design,
The swing was designed in SketchUp and proved to be a smooth "locking" movement. Opted for more streamlined curves,
After some buffing using the Beall 3 wax system (Tripoly, White Diamond and Carnauba wax), the box was ready for its residents,
For any thrillseeker after the SketchUp model.