Damn I feel out of place with all the great boxes posted here… however, being out of place is not new to me and I feel people should be permitted/obliged to post the simulants amongst the gems.
Going by the date of my pictures, the Beall Pen Wizard
that this box was made for, never made it into marketable production, short of a few test cuts/engraves.
These are the different engraves that could be achieved by the different gear configurations
Though I did cut some replacement gears with my laser out of acrylic for some Yankee guy on Lumberjocks who also had a Wizard (I was a nice guy, once),
I’m guessing I must have tested it (?) as it was shipped, back in the days when shipping costs were realistic… no other happy snaps found.
Going by the earliest pictures I have of the box, I must have bought the jig before 2015 as the box was made to keep the dust off it… the scanned manuals date it to July 2012, back when I still believed I’ll be the next pen mogul of Aussieland… unfortunately, the primitives of Churchill soon allayed that dream.
Searched my directories and the only Beall hit I got was for SAKOF, so I can only assume I sketched it on paper or just winged it on the fly…
mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa!
I’ve never been one to make fancy boxes, not due to lack of exotic woods but lack of ability, however, I did/do appreciate keeping dust off tools and the rats kept eating the original supplied cardboard box… so, I found that a basic pine box was cheaper than boarding a cat… though the rodents would have saved the cost of cans of Whiskas.
The first step was to make a base to screw the jig to, which then determined the size of the encompassing box.
The sides were dovetailed using my Leigh D4Rdovetailer and I may have imbibed in a few vinos as the dovetails were slightly staggered,
or they may have been even and looked staggered after the few vinos.
As can be seen from the picture, the box was decorated with an engraving of its resident’s name on a 3mm piece of pine,
as the front’s thickness would have pushed the boundaries of my laser’s capabilities.
The base was doweled to house the spare configuration gears,
and a small box to house all the small router bits,
The new pine box was then introduced to my undertaker undertaking of amassing a collection of pine boxes,
Didn’t realise beforehand that the top handle wasn’t conducive to box stacking which buggered up my OCD organisation.
Sometime after I purchased my Foredom setup,
J.R. (Mr.Beall) paired it up with the Pen Wizard and released a Foredomhandpiece holder add on… and it goes without saying, I had to have one and attached it to the jig,
However, it added an extra 2” to the height of the jig… now if it was a metric 50mm, there probably would not have an issue, however that imperial rogue interfered with the fitment of the lid.
Added a 25mm jarrah strip around the perimeter of the base,
and again I had a fit that lid,
Finaly now, it’s the box that is gathering dust and not the jig,
Don’t be crafty Craftisians,... SHARE your craft!
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
Gotta love organization at that level, everything needed in one place, neatly packaged! Surprised at the use of Jarrah given the future wood acquisition difficulties over the horizon you were facing.
You need some GPS tags for each of those boxes so you can locate them in your warehouse, plus a load of batteries to keep them all active!
I definitely agree with Pottz. You do some simply amazing stuff. This box is really something special. The work you do with Dutchy and all the other work is just fantastic. Thank you so much for sharing.
Nice looking Box Alex. Great work in the presentation and showing of WWing skills Love the handle, While boxes are the flavour iwill hav to re contribute from LJs days (just wait for my Mike Marvel box) I wonder if anybody remembers him (In memoriam) hint hint No doubt Larry would, ... he knows everything!
Thanks guys... someone's gotta buy them, otherwise the rich vendors/manufacturers will be down slumming it with us poor users.
Unfortunately, the laser does as good, if not better job. Infinite choice of patterns and no tear out... however, to cover the char marks, it needs to be backfilled, Unfortunately, I found that my favourite blank (black palm) is too grainy to engrave. To get an even finish, it has to be backfilled with Timbermate, which is impossible (like concrete) to engrave. Note to myself: Maybe this Aqua Coat could work.
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
Q tip (soft rubber on one end, cord attachment at the other) for touch screens/phones... for jerks like me with fat fingers and hover, seek and destroy keyboard approach.
Might be opportune to do a review on Aqua Coat.
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
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