Ever watched one of those woodworking shows on TV and wondered if you could do that? David Marks does that for me. I don't like his designs but I like his techniques. I had to try bent wood lamination. This box started wandering around in the back of my head for about a year. I finnally finished it this week.
The box is 11" long, 6" wide and 6" tall. The laminates are 3/8" thick (6 plys of 1/16" red oak glued with Klingspor's slow drying wood glue) for the box and 1/4" thick (4 plys of red oak) for the tray. The ends are 1/2" thick rosewood with the joints reinforced with 1/8" brass pins.
The tops are four pieces each of the 3/8" laminate cut on at 15 degrees and glued together with a Ryobi mini biscuit cutter. I cut rabets in the ribs of the top before assembly and inlayed 1/8" wide rosewood strips after they were glued together. The hinges are 6mm barrell hinges from Lee Valley.
The handle for the tray is turned out of rosewood and attached with brass rods. The handle is made so that rings can be hung on it in case my talkes me out of it and uses it as a jewelry box.
Finnished with Minwax golden oak stain and 5 coates of Delft spray on lacquer. The inside is flocked with black Suede Tex.
All the jigs were made out of MDF. I used every clamp I could get my hands on. A jig was made to bend the sides for the box and top. Another to cut the sides square. Two more to cut the 15 degree angles for the top pieces, one right and one left. And another jig to bend the sides of the tray.
I'll upload more pictures and details when the photo gallery is up and running
Now that I have finnally gotten this project it's back to the honey do list.
Rick Doby
The box is 11" long, 6" wide and 6" tall. The laminates are 3/8" thick (6 plys of 1/16" red oak glued with Klingspor's slow drying wood glue) for the box and 1/4" thick (4 plys of red oak) for the tray. The ends are 1/2" thick rosewood with the joints reinforced with 1/8" brass pins.
The tops are four pieces each of the 3/8" laminate cut on at 15 degrees and glued together with a Ryobi mini biscuit cutter. I cut rabets in the ribs of the top before assembly and inlayed 1/8" wide rosewood strips after they were glued together. The hinges are 6mm barrell hinges from Lee Valley.
The handle for the tray is turned out of rosewood and attached with brass rods. The handle is made so that rings can be hung on it in case my talkes me out of it and uses it as a jewelry box.
Finnished with Minwax golden oak stain and 5 coates of Delft spray on lacquer. The inside is flocked with black Suede Tex.
All the jigs were made out of MDF. I used every clamp I could get my hands on. A jig was made to bend the sides for the box and top. Another to cut the sides square. Two more to cut the 15 degree angles for the top pieces, one right and one left. And another jig to bend the sides of the tray.
I'll upload more pictures and details when the photo gallery is up and running
Now that I have finnally gotten this project it's back to the honey do list.
Rick Doby
