Teak Box

[shoottx]

Very Cool

Great way to use up scraps and small pieces.

[lrogers]

I am hard pressed to decide what feature I like the best. Is it the legs, the wood combinations, the style?????? They fit together so well. That is a box to be VERY proud of.

[Pappy]

Beuatiful combination of woods, Jon. The inlay really makes the colors stand out and the detail on the legs is fantastic!

[poolhound]

Thanks for all the kind words guys it was a fun little project.

Given that I just picked up a drum sander this afternoon (see my note under "older performax") i will be able to resaw and thickness some of my stack of exotics without dealing with tearout issues on my planer. This will help with some other ideas I have so more to come.

[HarmsWay]

Very nice box Jon. Good colour and proportions. Is it your design? The photography is also perfect. I can't imagine what other photography gear you could have needed.

Bob

[poolhound]

Very nice box Jon. Good colour and proportions. Is it your design? The photography is also perfect. I can't imagine what other photography gear you could have needed.

Bob

Thanks Bob, yes the design was mine, as usual with elements stolen from other things I have seen. The Maple inlay was a spur of the moment addition as I felt it could use a contrast to separate the two darker woods.

As I do some commerical photography proffesionally I guess I am rather self critical. Normally I would setup my lights so I can be in total control of what is illuminated and how the shadows fall. A good fall back is using the sun which I did in this case but its then tougher to deal with the glare which in this case is rather too intense on the lid. I did use a static diffuser to block some of the harsher glare and give a more even light. As you have illustrated I am probably the only one who can see the problems. If I were to show you two images side by side I am sure you could pick out the "better" one even if you wouldnt know why it was better

[JR]

I have a technical question, Jon.

Did you glue the top all together, or does the center panel float in some way?

I have been wrestling with that question quite a bit. It is almost always recommended that the panel float, but so many boxes are made with top all glued together.

JR

[poolhound]

I have a technical question, Jon.

Did you glue the top all together, or does the center panel float in some way?

I have been wrestling with that question quite a bit. It is almost always recommended that the panel float, but so many boxes are made with top all glued together.

JR

JR,

The center panel is glued into the Padauk frame and I then routed a channel for the Maple inlay.

One thing you may have missed is that the Teak is actually a veneered bd on a particleboard substrate so its totally stable. I have had these boards for 26 years and they have followed me around the world and are still straight and flat.

What really amazes me (now I know much more) is that I was originally able to find such awesome figure with a wood such as Teak on a particleboard veneer, I have never seen anything like it here. They were originaly purhcased in a regular home center in London UK in 1983

[JR]

The center panel is glued into the Padauk frame and I then routed a channel for the Maple inlay.

That is exactly the technique I have been using! Although most of my boxes have been made using the technique in which you make up the whole box, then cut the lid off.

I used this technique for a humidor, which is the one case causing some concern. Supposedly the extra humidity of the humidor can cause there to be a problem where otherwise it might not.

I have piece of Danish teak veneer that I've been lugging around for a long time, too. It's about 7/8" thick, though, so I don't think I'll be making any small boxes from it.

JR

[poolhound]

That is exactly the technique I have been using! Although most of my boxes have been made using the technique in which you make up the whole box, then cut the lid off.

I used this technique for a humidor, which is the one case causing some concern. Supposedly the extra humidity of the humidor can cause there to be a problem where otherwise it might not.

I have piece of Danish teak veneer that I've been lugging around for a long time, too. It's about 7/8" thick, though, so I don't think I'll be making any small boxes from it.

JR

Whats the substrate? Is it substancial enough that you could risk resawing it and applying a cheaper but complementary veneer to the other side?

[JR]

Whats the substrate? Is it substancial enough that you could risk resawing it and applying a cheaper but complementary veneer to the other side?

Hmmm, maybe. Have to put some thought into this...

[Rand]

Nice work!

Nice photography too.