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  • BadeMillsap
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2005
    • 868
    • Bulverde, Texas, USA.
    • Grizzly G1023SL

    Christmas present Tissue Box Covers

    A quick and easy project for presents. This is the third year in a row I have had family and friends request "more tissue box covers" ...

    These are made from scraps left from other projects ... the most difficult part of the build is getting the stock milled to 1/4" or so when the scraps are of mixed size. All of the joinery is 45degree simply glued together.

    The left most in the pic is all redwood from wood my dad had milled by hand in the 1950's to make a bench/table. The center in the pic is some pecan I had left over and the right most is a combination of quartersawn red oak and cedar with a pecan top. The finish is original waterlox high gloss that I wiped on with an old teeshirt.

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  • leehljp
    Just me
    • Dec 2002
    • 8429
    • Tunica, MS
    • BT3000/3100

    #2
    Looks VERY good. You did well on the miters for everything to fit so well! Precision shows!
    Hank Lee

    Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted!

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    • poolhound
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      • Mar 2006
      • 3195
      • Phoenix, AZ
      • BT3100

      #3
      Originally posted by BadeMillsap
      These are made from scraps left from other projects ... the most difficult part of the build is getting the stock milled to 1/4" or so when the scraps are of mixed size. All of the joinery is 45degree simply glued together.

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      So basically 5 squares (one with oval cutout) all meeting edges mitered to 45 degrees. Do you glue up in one step? Taping the joints maybe?
      Jon

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      • BadeMillsap
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2005
        • 868
        • Bulverde, Texas, USA.
        • Grizzly G1023SL

        #4
        Actually the sides are about 3/8" longer than their width to accommodate the height of the tissue box but yes the top is square. I lay the 4 sides edge to edge on a couple of long strips of painters tape, smear glue in the valleys and outer edges, fold into an opened box, secure the tape and let set. Then glue on the top. After glue sets, I lightly sand, slight bevel on all edges and finish.

        The sides are mitered on three edges leaving bottom flat, top mitered on all edges.

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        • BadeMillsap
          Senior Member
          • Dec 2005
          • 868
          • Bulverde, Texas, USA.
          • Grizzly G1023SL

          #5
          Originally posted by leehljp
          Looks VERY good. You did well on the miters for everything to fit so well! Precision shows!
          Thank you... A well tuned tablesaw and a wixley gauge to set the angle make the miters pretty easy. As long as you use material of a uniform thickness it all folds together pretty easily.

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