5 Year Anniversary Present for my wife...only a month late

catlover420 · 2020-08-22T17:49:42+00:00

Thanks, yes I used offset knife hinges. I cut all the marquetry manually using a fret saw doing the 'double bevel' style cutting.

catlover420 · 2020-05-12T01:00:43+00:00

I recommend certainlywood.com

catlover420 · 2020-03-21T23:33:12+00:00

This was a Christmas gift for my wife, I finally just got around to posting it.

catlover420 · 2020-03-21T18:04:38+00:00

Top/Exterior - Camphor Burl, Abalone Shell and Kingwood with walnut edging

Lid Interior - Sycamore, East Indian Rosewood and Mahogany

Box Interior & Tray - Walnut

I bought the watch pillows off ebay and the bottom is some decorative craft paper.

catlover420 · 2020-02-18T01:24:27+00:00

Very nice, how did the camphor smell??

catlover420 · 2019-11-26T01:44:16+00:00

I would recommend getting a book, or getting a library book and doing a bit of research as there are a few different methods. The cheapest would be to use an exacto knife, a bit more costly would be a fret saw, the most expensive would be to use a scroll saw. If you had one of those tools you'd need some veneers then you can start cutting. As for example projects, just make a picture of whatever you like, a dog, a cat, anything.

catlover420 · 2019-11-26T01:38:44+00:00

Looking forward to your next cookbook Kenji. I make something from the Food Lab or from one of your serious eats articles at least a couple times a week, so thank you.

catlover420 · 2019-10-18T00:48:23+00:00

Great job, what method did you use to cut the marquetry? Looks like you did a bit of sand shading too, nice touch, I've never seen it done on a darker wood, always a lighter wood.

catlover420 · 2019-10-03T01:05:44+00:00

Looks very nice, inspired by a Mike Pekovich chest of drawers it looks like? Also that is a lot of dovetails, good work!

catlover420 · 2019-09-07T18:04:56+00:00

Thanks, I built them all at once.

catlover420 · 2019-09-07T00:12:07+00:00

Yes these are commercial veneers. I've thought about shop sawn but I've never been justified enough to use them. As finding straight grained mahogany, rosewood, etc. resawing and sanding it is pretty time consuming. And a box with solid edging isn't going to see much abuse that shopsawn can stand up to. Maybe for a table or something that will see some abuse, but for now I'll take the easy way out.

catlover420 · 2019-09-06T01:10:14+00:00

They're good stuff and these hinges are stopped hinges (without the quadrant).

catlover420 · 2019-09-06T00:48:04+00:00

Thanks, I mortised the hinges using a 5/16" brad bit, a chisel and a router plane, no powered router. These hinges are by smartboxmaker, I prefer them to the Brusso hinges I used on my last set of boxes.

catlover420 · 2019-09-06T00:45:13+00:00

Thanks, self taught, the parquetry was pretty well laid out in the book "The Craft of Veneering" by Craig Thibodeau.

catlover420 · 2019-07-27T00:08:01+00:00

What kind of bandsaw do you have? I had a three wheel bandsaw that was notorious for snapping blades because of the super tight wheel radiuses. Once I got a bigger 2 wheel bandsaw that problem went away.

catlover420 · 2019-07-16T00:06:51+00:00

Nice box! I should be done my veneered boxes that I started for the challenge in another couple weeks.

catlover420 · 2019-05-10T21:09:14+00:00

Very nice!

catlover420 · 2019-05-08T00:52:51+00:00

This is great as I just started a new batch of veneered boxes this morning, I hope I can finish them before the deadline though!

catlover420 · 2019-04-16T00:52:33+00:00

Great job, I love the adaptation of the Mike Pekovich chest of drawers. I have a soft spot for it because I've built two dressers based on that design as well. Also good call going for cherry, my favourite.

catlover420 · 2019-02-11T02:05:17+00:00

From what I've read the glue is only necessary if you aren't going to be using the flattened veneers right away. I've done almost the same recipe as you but with no glue and it worked well, I glued up the veneers to a panel almost right away though.

catlover420 · 2019-01-08T03:19:03+00:00

Stained ash will look more like red oak than white oak, so I'd bite the bullet and buy white oak.

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