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Ok, long project I'm glad is over. Hopefully get this over to the gallery and see if the guy who wanted one is still interested. If not, It'll jus...
At long last the cigar boxes are finally finished. [Usain Bolt 2.jpg] The Lids Assembly The BIC spring loaded hinge pivot points were assembled [IM...
The lids The lids use a bamboo dowels as pivot pins, how this is achieved is with internal springs  behind each of the dowels. The dowels are simpl...
As I mentioned in part one, I initially started with just 4 slices of the bell.  I decided to use some nice straight grained SPF 2x8 I found at  Lo...
Several months ago an old friend of mine stumbled upon the idea that he would like an Alphorn so he asked me if I would be interested in making one...
Excuse the mess trying to learn how to add parts to an existing blog! Hinging lids on thin material The Hinged lid After discarding the brass hinge...

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