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Inghamish Box

Postby Woodbloke » 19 Mar 2019, 13:41

Having been inspired by Rod's recent foray into the world of Rob Ingham's 'lollypop' boxes, herewith my attempt at one of his twin lid designs, shortly to be despatched to London as my son's birthday present. This box though has got a little bit of JK in there...

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...'cos it's has the 'lift' as part of each lid, which was a slightly tricky to do, suffice to say at one point the whole thing was considered as bandsaw fodder :evil:

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The lid(s) is a single piece of Japanese 'Yakusugi' cedar from the island of Yakushima and is at least 1000 years old. It's now forbidden to harvest the timber and the only wood for sale comes from trees which have been blown over in the typhoons, but remarkably, the trees do regenerate after the storms and produce timber with a stunning grain pattern. During the Edo period, vast amounts of Yakusugi cedar were converted into roof shingles and taken to the mainland; it was offered as tribute to the local samurai lord as it's just about only valuable thing growing on the island.

The lids are hinged...

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...using a couple of steel nails on each side, which are driven into an 8mm beech dowel as the cedar itself in so soft :shock: to work with. Some 4mm rosewood dowels were used to cover the nail holes. Apart from the Yakusugi, the other material is English Walnut, through dovetailed...

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...with a twin veneered walnut base. Finish is a couple of coats of mat Osmo with beeswax over the top. Interestingly, it's impossible to use the Osmo on cedar as it won't dry and remains forever tacky, but instead I used two coats of Liberon Finishing Oil with wax over the top - Rob
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Re: Inghamish Box

Postby TrimTheKing » 19 Mar 2019, 14:12

Very nice Rob. :eusa-clap:
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Re: Inghamish Box

Postby Malc2098 » 19 Mar 2019, 14:36

Very nice.

I wish I could do dovetails like that. But that design's given me ideas for my practice pieces.
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Re: Inghamish Box

Postby Woodbloke » 19 Mar 2019, 14:44

TrimTheKing wrote:Very nice Rob. :eusa-clap:


Thanks Trim

Malc2098 wrote:Very nice.

I wish I could do dovetails like that. But that design's given me ideas for my practice pieces.


Dovetails just need a bit of practice; they're not too difficult but fitting the lids/lifts on this job was fiendishly complicated simply to get the right 'reveal' all round - Rob
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Re: Inghamish Box

Postby Doug » 19 Mar 2019, 15:02

I’m not really a fan of Ingham’s work but I do like that, nicely made :eusa-clap:
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Re: Inghamish Box

Postby Andyp » 19 Mar 2019, 15:16

Gorgeous Rob. JK?
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Re: Inghamish Box

Postby Doug » 19 Mar 2019, 15:48

Andyp wrote: JK?

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Re: Inghamish Box

Postby Woodbloke » 19 Mar 2019, 15:54

Andyp wrote:Gorgeous Rob. JK?

As Doug said, James Krenov. You can see where the idea for the lid lifts originates...

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...as this is one of his boxes.

Doug wrote:I’m not really a fan of Ingham’s work but I do like that, nicely made :eusa-clap:


Same here. Some I like, some bits I wouldn't give house room to; he's a very 'acquired' taste but there's no denying the workmanship in his stuff - Rob
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Re: Inghamish Box

Postby Andyp » 19 Mar 2019, 16:02

Woodbloke wrote:
Andyp wrote:Gorgeous Rob. JK?

As Doug said, James Krenov. You can see where the idea for the lid lifts originates... Rob


Oh I see. I could only think of JK Rowling :oops:

Woodbloke wrote:Same here. Some I like, some bits I wouldn't give house room to; he's a very 'acquired' taste but there's no denying the workmanship in his stuff - Rob


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Re: Inghamish Box

Postby 9fingers » 19 Mar 2019, 16:44

Woodbloke wrote:
Andyp wrote:Gorgeous Rob. JK?

As Doug said, James Krenov. You can see where the idea for the lid lifts originates...

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...as this is one of his boxes.

Doug wrote:I’m not really a fan of Ingham’s work but I do like that, nicely made :eusa-clap:


Same here. Some I like, some bits I wouldn't give house room to; he's a very 'acquired' taste but there's no denying the workmanship in his stuff - Rob


The JK box seems much better proportioned to me whereas the Inghamish one is decidedly chunky even if it is designed to survive the postal system :lol:

Superb workmanship in both nevertheless.

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Re: Inghamish Box

Postby Woodbloke » 19 Mar 2019, 18:08

9fingers wrote:The JK box seems much better proportioned to me whereas the Inghamish one is decidedly chunky even if it is designed to survive the postal system :lol:

Superb workmanship in both nevertheless.

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Hurt to the quick I am :D Those sides are only a mere 12mm thick but the lifts are maybe a bit more 'sticky out' than necessary and could, I fancy, be made a smidge smaller. Ho hum, 'tis dun n'dusted now and there's no way the lids are coming off...again - Rob
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Re: Inghamish Box

Postby 9fingers » 19 Mar 2019, 18:34

Ah 12mm sounds ok It must be the photo suggesting thicker (to me)

Maybe having a ruler some where in photo will save me the embarassment of hurting your feelings in the future

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Re: Inghamish Box

Postby Rod » 19 Mar 2019, 19:51

Very nice Rob, tricky little beggars especially a 4 lidded one.

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Re: Inghamish Box

Postby RogerM » 19 Mar 2019, 20:47

That's very nice Rob. I bet the most difficult part would have been keeping it simple! Leaves nowhere to hide.
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Re: Inghamish Box

Postby Woodbloke » 19 Mar 2019, 22:12

Rod wrote:Very nice Rob, tricky little beggars especially a 4 lidded one.

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Re: Inghamish Box

Postby Woodbloke » 19 Apr 2019, 17:32

Rod wrote:

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I can foresee in the future a little something :idea: using Cocobolo and Indian Rosewood. Possibly - Rob
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