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In the Zone

Postby Woodbloke » 08 Apr 2018, 19:57

Sometimes it's good to be 'in the zone'...

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...or not, as the case may be :lol: Fortunately I had a bit more wood for some new sides - Rob
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Re: In the Zone

Postby Mike G » 08 Apr 2018, 20:50

:lol:

We've all done it.
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Re: In the Zone

Postby Rod » 08 Apr 2018, 22:52

Oh dear - what Wood is that?

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Re: In the Zone

Postby Andyp » 09 Apr 2018, 06:51

Full marks for fessing up.
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Re: In the Zone

Postby RogerS » 09 Apr 2018, 07:08

I'm being obtuse here. What's wrong ?
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Re: In the Zone

Postby Andyp » 09 Apr 2018, 07:15

How would you fit the drawer bottom Roger?
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Re: In the Zone

Postby Woodbloke » 09 Apr 2018, 08:32

Rod wrote:Oh dear - what Wood is that?

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This was meant to be the grooves for the top panel of a small cufflink box using the last bit of my 'waterfall' elm...same timber as I used on the back panel of the 'Cabinet of Curiosities'. Strangely but unsurprisingly I managed to make the same mistake on both the long sides :D The mitigating fact in my defence is that I'm currently suffering from a really bad back and am currently hobbling around the 'shop...the 96yo DoE is probably more mobile :lol: - Rob
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Re: In the Zone

Postby RogerS » 09 Apr 2018, 08:49

Andyp wrote:How would you fit the drawer bottom Roger?


Rout a groove in the panel sides ?

EDIT : :idea: I see it now :oops:
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Re: In the Zone

Postby MCLUMA » 09 Apr 2018, 08:56

do it all around, and do a nice inlay - will add character to the box
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Re: In the Zone

Postby Andyp » 09 Apr 2018, 10:35

RogerS wrote:
Andyp wrote:How would you fit the drawer bottom Roger?


Rout a groove in the panel sides ?

EDIT : :idea: I see it now :oops:


I feel better about the 400% wood tax now :)
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Re: In the Zone

Postby RogerM » 10 Apr 2018, 12:22

Mike G wrote::lol:

We've all done it.

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Re: In the Zone

Postby TrimTheKing » 10 Apr 2018, 13:04

Woodbloke wrote:...or not, as the case may be :lol:


:lol: :eusa-whistle: :eusa-clap:
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Re: In the Zone

Postby fiveeyes » 11 Apr 2018, 01:10

If that was my worst error, I'd probably be happy. Waiting to see a cunning save.
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Re: In the Zone

Postby Woodbloke » 11 Apr 2018, 08:24

fiveeyes wrote: Waiting to see a cunning save.

You'll have a long wait, the bits in question were turned into bandsaw fodder :D - Rob
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Re: In the Zone

Postby Woodbloke » 12 Apr 2018, 14:06

Fortunately, the second pair of long sides were done proper and the box went together quite well. The top panel and inside surfaces (except where the Bog Oak lining will be glued) were given a couple of coats of satin Osmo, so that after the glue up....

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Re: In the Zone

Postby Malc2098 » 12 Apr 2018, 14:32

Nice.
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Re: In the Zone

Postby Woodbloke » 25 Apr 2018, 15:03

The little cufflink box has just been finished..

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This has been made using the last fragment of my 12mm thick 'waterfall' elm. Construction is through dovetail, with a solid 8mm thick panel, bandsawn veneered base with a simple chamfer to open. The lining and partitions are in Bog Oak, 5300 years old and were 'tricky' to fit.

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Even more tricky was fitting the 8mm wide hinges from Ian Hawthorne into 12mm wide sides...not a lot of 'wriggle room' so there were one or two mishaps where the wood broke :(

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With the box shown open, the six compartments can be seen...

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Finish is with a couple of coats of satin Osmo-PolyX with some Swedish organic beeswax over the top - Rob
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Re: In the Zone

Postby Malc2098 » 25 Apr 2018, 16:12

Really nice.
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Re: In the Zone

Postby Andyp » 25 Apr 2018, 17:49

How many cufflinks have you got? :)

After a none to promising start it has turned out well, but then I always knew it would.
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Re: In the Zone

Postby Woodbloke » 25 Apr 2018, 20:19

Andyp wrote:How many cufflinks have you got? :)



A know a lot of folk have got loads of cufflinks, but currently I've got two in silver, one of which came from St.Paul's Cathedral and one gold plated pair from the BM - Rob
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Re: In the Zone

Postby Rod » 28 Apr 2018, 11:12

Very nice.
I’ve got loads of links and have lost lots of them too over the years. Now only worn on special occasions and generally stuffed in a suitcase and somehow lost.
I was surprised to see how many YouTube videos exist showing how to fit them!!
Now a bow tie I can understand.

As an aside here’s some more old oak put to another use:

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