Latest project between messing with pre-winter yard work and other non-fun duties.
These are basically constructed the same as my previous version
Fancy "skin" for the small tissue boxes that are everywhere. Twist this time is adding the latest corner features inspired by the ever creative John of Awsumville
Top is 6-1/2" square, cut with various router templates and the impressive Infinity thumbnail profile bit. Super clean cuts on endgrain.
Walnut top, panels are walnut burl with another geometric design I tried out.
I'm getting tired of trying to dye veneer 100% through. it takes a number of steps and can get messy. I do like the patina of the bright red dye splatters over my table saw and router table!
It seems that factory dyed veneers are easy enough to find, but pricey and limited in size
Settled with B and B Rare Woods who supplied some nice large sheets of Kote for $3.50 sq-ft. This species has a nice shimmer and all the colors I used had the same thickness and grain. Very nice!
Corner posts (walnut) use the same profile but this time I wanted to add John's strips of contrasting wood. I cut shallow recesses for some 3/8" wide teak veneer strips. The hole is for short 1/4" dowel to secure to the top.
The base is just a walnut frame with splines.
I used picture frame "turn buttons" to hold the tissue box in place and some silicone feet with barbed stems to hold them well to the base.
Inside of panels was veneered with some light mahogany.
Nice! I like the starbursts. Smart way to retain the paper box. I made a couple covers for the larger boxes and carefully made a friction fit so that the wood box can be picked up without the tissue box sliding out. I'll remember those "turn buttons" for future use.
Thanks everyone! Steven, The friction fit is an ideal solution (less parts), but with my luck I'd have used a slightly undersized test box and new ones would not fit. My fear is the quick grab and snatch for a tissue when a sneeze is imminent. That's when a snag happens and the whole unit goes flying. Had even thought about adding weights!
Mr. Group, This project I'm sure took a lot longer than one would initially think based upon it's size, this being all the attention to details you performed. The inlay on the four corners posts, the cutting the designs and applying, finishing the interior, and the selection of the fantastic looking walnut burel. These all add up to making this a fantastic project. Great work.
Thanks OT! The steps do add up, but I'm learning to make more identical pieces to save setup times. It was my wife who told me not to put the design on all four sides like I was going to do. That saved me probably a day...
Like Lil' Miss Echo, love that 'burst... that B&BRW is a good find.
For the sake of readers that haven't seen your previous work (and not smart enough (lazy) to search, combined with my short term memory), was that star' knifed, scrolled or lasered?
SplinterGroup ..... It was my wife who told me not to put the design on all four sides like I was going to do. That saved me probably a day...
Hell, I would have put the design over the top hole to save even more time.
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
Love the new design Bruce, much less work and still very attractive. I never posted my solution for holding the Kleenex box in. I used magnets and a thin piece of metal. I made a short video to show how well it works. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mQg97C5JtBQ
Thanks Tony, Dave.! Foto, That was my inspiration for the very first one I ever made! LBD, Laser all the way fer-sure! I just cut without consideration for any kerf so assembly on the panel would be easy. After gluing up the panel I just put it back under the laser and with an offset fill, made the borders. I thought the char in the border cuts would make them black after filling with AquaClear, but the base wood (plywood) showed through as can be seen in the closeup. Next time I'll just mask it, lase, and fill with my TimberMate.
John, I like the ease of that box catch, but in what kind of hospital exam room hell can you snatch metal tongue depressors while waiting for the Doctor to step in?
