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Cufflink / Trinket box
Size is about 120mm x 120mm with the base slightly larger. The plans were in Imperial so easy enough to execute with a good ruler.
Timbers - The lid is American Maple with Jarrah veneer. Corner posts are walnut with the same American Maple and Jarrah around the sides. The base corners are laminated with black veneer. All finished in satin Polyurethane sprayed on finish. The lid is shaped like a pyramid and takes time to shape. Best done by hand plane after removing the bulk with a band saw. Jarrah isn't the easiest wood to work with, it can be cranky and harsh on chisels and plane blades. The corner pillars are rebated 3/32" where the sides slot in. First one of these I made I cut the pillars to length before I rebated them.....oops message to self do it in one long piece "then" cut to length.
Fiddly but fun and a good result. A 60th birthday gift for a nephew.
Timbers - The lid is American Maple with Jarrah veneer. Corner posts are walnut with the same American Maple and Jarrah around the sides. The base corners are laminated with black veneer. All finished in satin Polyurethane sprayed on finish. The lid is shaped like a pyramid and takes time to shape. Best done by hand plane after removing the bulk with a band saw. Jarrah isn't the easiest wood to work with, it can be cranky and harsh on chisels and plane blades. The corner pillars are rebated 3/32" where the sides slot in. First one of these I made I cut the pillars to length before I rebated them.....oops message to self do it in one long piece "then" cut to length.
Fiddly but fun and a good result. A 60th birthday gift for a nephew.
Kerry - Working with wood, the smell the feel, is such a joy, its a meditation of sorts.
11 Comments
real nice aussie, but more pic's would be great !
working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
Very nice timber contrasts Kerry
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Good looking box, be a nice gift.
Ron
What a great gift! Nicely done.
Nice! That lid really draws my attention.
Nice styling and big thumbs up to all that lamination and plane work 👍
Nicely done.
Ryan/// ~sigh~ I blew up another bowl. Moke told me "I made the inside bigger than the outside".
Pottz point well made I need to be like LBD or YRTI and do them as I go. Message to self take pics as you go........
Kerry - Working with wood, the smell the feel, is such a joy, its a meditation of sorts.
Much betta AL... now worth commenting.
Did you flock it on the inside or stained... or was it just felt up around the cuffs.
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
Thanks Gents
Just felt LBD
Just felt LBD
Kerry - Working with wood, the smell the feel, is such a joy, its a meditation of sorts.
Lucky trinkets!
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