I owed my favorite niece Lydia a wooden Xmas gift as she was left out of the one's I made for my wife's female family. She saw a piece of Ambrosia Maple laying in my shop one day and loved it with it's worm-holes. She also loves purple and her taste reflect any other typical teen girl I suppose... unusual.
So.. some scraps from around the shop but.. I decided to do a set of small boxes as I knew my wife Lisa would want one too. Easier to make a run than set up again. I have never done any small detailed items really and certainly not decorative boxes. My boxes are "big" boxes. I attempted to keep it simple as I knew there was a chance I would flub the project as I was not too familar with "how" on many small details.
So... I simply piled up the stock and simply made a humble attempt making design decisions and adjustments on the fly. Getting the hidden pin for the hinges was somewhat of a challenge as it is a learned process with not real formula of where do you drill to get the rear of the lid to clear the lower box and open. I'll know next time or at least have a much better idea.
But... I did make a couple of jigs to add miter splines.. cut angles on sides.. etc. etc.. So next time things won't be quite the challenge this first set brought. All in all they could be better and could be worse I suppose as I tried to keep things simple on my first shot at small boxes.
Thanks for looking... not much too look at but much experience gained is the good news.
So.. some scraps from around the shop but.. I decided to do a set of small boxes as I knew my wife Lisa would want one too. Easier to make a run than set up again. I have never done any small detailed items really and certainly not decorative boxes. My boxes are "big" boxes. I attempted to keep it simple as I knew there was a chance I would flub the project as I was not too familar with "how" on many small details.
So... I simply piled up the stock and simply made a humble attempt making design decisions and adjustments on the fly. Getting the hidden pin for the hinges was somewhat of a challenge as it is a learned process with not real formula of where do you drill to get the rear of the lid to clear the lower box and open. I'll know next time or at least have a much better idea.
But... I did make a couple of jigs to add miter splines.. cut angles on sides.. etc. etc.. So next time things won't be quite the challenge this first set brought. All in all they could be better and could be worse I suppose as I tried to keep things simple on my first shot at small boxes.
Thanks for looking... not much too look at but much experience gained is the good news.
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Of course beautiful, spectacular, awsom, etc. all come to mind.
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