spice box

Article on Spice Box for APF Journal 2023-08-13

Journal article published in American Period Furniture, November 2022, cataloging the process of building a Spice Box. Click the "Download" button to download a PDF of the article. The Spice Box...
- creasman
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- Aug 13, 2023
- inlay spice box william & mary
- Category: Indoor Furniture
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Crown molding for case is fitted with a sliding dovetail key to account for crossgrain movement. It will be glued at the front 1/3 only. Molding slides on from rear and then is cut to length at the back.
- Charlie Buchanan
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- Nov 27, 2020
- sliding dovetail molding spice box
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Case with the drawer webs and bracket feet installed.
- Charlie Buchanan
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- Nov 27, 2020
- spice box
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Crown molding for case is fitted with a sliding dovetail key to account for crossgrain movement. It will be glued at the front 1/3 only.
- Charlie Buchanan
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- Nov 27, 2020
- sliding dovetail molding spice box
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Tombstone raised panel door assembled dry to check joints and square. Through tenons and stiles need to be trimmed to length.
- Charlie Buchanan
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- Nov 27, 2020
- spice box tombstone raised panel door
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Bracket feet are mitered with a spline and a glue block.
- Charlie Buchanan
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- Nov 27, 2020
- bracket feet spice box
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Spice box_ drawer boxes dovetailed, dry-fitted and slipped into case to check the look and fit of the fronts.
- Charlie Buchanan
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- Nov 27, 2020
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Becksvoort’s method for cross-grain molding. The deal is to attach one long dovetailed key to match a dovetailed groove routed into the back of the cross-grain molding. Then chop out parts of the key so that it allows seasonal wood movement.
- Charlie Buchanan
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- Oct 11, 2020
- cross-grain molding spice box
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Chester County spice box

I've made many spice boxes. Typically I try something new with each. The circle inlay was the new technique here. I also added a carved fan just for fun, since there was a nice space for it. 4 secret compartments. I grew up on a farm in Chester County, PA so these are dear to my heart...
- bbrown
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- Apr 12, 2020
- spice box
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- Forum: General Woodworking