Great work Mr Rick, looks very nice. There's something soothing about working with hand tools, nice and quiet, and fairly dust free. Your dovetails and molding add greatly to the pleasing appearance of this projects. Very nice indeed.
SplinterGroup Nice subtle grain, says "look at me, but don't drool on me"!
Do you make your perimeter moldings in bulk length, then cut and miter to fit, or do you add the profile after you install a mitered frame?
Thanks SplinterGroup! The photo of the grain doesn't do justice next to the actual piece. It's gorgeous! I shape the moulding profile on my sticking board in one long length and then cut and miter to fit the perimeter. Then glue and assemble. Adding the profile after the mitered frame is assembled is very risky for blowout where the miters meet.
Oldtool Great work Mr Rick, looks very nice. There's something soothing about working with hand tools, nice and quiet, and fairly dust free. Your dovetails and molding add greatly to the pleasing appearance of this projects. Very nice indeed.
Thank you so much Oldtool! There definitely is peace and joy using hand tools! Doing it all by hand especially using moulding planes really makes me appreciate woodworking all the more!
That is one amazing box MrRick. Must be big. What size is it? I found some spalted pine and made some boxes out of it. I thought there was a mold growing on it. I was wrong it’s fungus. 😬 But woodworkers all over covet it.
Thanks James! Box is 4-1/4" H x 6.5" W (front to back) x 15" L (left side to right side). Yes.. spalted wood is fungus which leaves patchy areas. If it had black lines it would be Ambrosia which is rare. This is where the Ambrosia beetle bores holes in the wood and carries the fungus in leaving track marks. Even more rare is Spalted wood that has different fungus colors and this box was made from it. Cheers!
