What ever happened to.....

[Gecko]

the grain matched Maple I did the grain match tutorial with? I bet you all fall asleep wondering about it. Well wonder no more! Here it is!
BTW, it sold the day I showed it to a few people at work and I have another person who wants one like it with a tray.

Official description:
This box is made from slightly spalted Western Maple with curly Western Maple crotch wood top panel. The box was designed with a four corner grain match. The dimensions are approx. 6x 4x 2 3/4" tall. It was finished with a drying oil on the inside and outside. The outside is finished with shellac and the whole thing buffed out with Carnauba wax. The lid lifts off and is held in place with a lip formed on the sides. The liner is a suede material and will not tarnish silver.

$75

[Safetyboy]

Pretty sweet! Looks like some of the wood I used on my workbench! How do you get the top panel to look like that? Just lots and lots of sanding?

[Ruffnek]

Apr 14, 2010 21:06:23 GMT -6 Gecko said:

$75

Way too cheap!

But congratulations on the sale, anyway.

[imahic]

Pretty cool looking box. Love the way you matched the grain.

[Gecko]

Apr 14, 2010 21:49:58 GMT -6 Safetyboy said:

Pretty sweet! Looks like some of the wood I used on my workbench! How do you get the top panel to look like that? Just lots and lots of sanding?

Thanks for the comments all.
The top panel was sanded to 220, oiled and dried, then sanded to 220 again. IMHO it is the shellac finish that really brings the curl out.

[elizabeth]

It's beautiful! I really like how you fitted the lid.

[Joe Lyddon]

Gecko,

Pick the superlatives you want... It's Fantastic!

"The lid lifts off and is held in place with a lip formed on the sides."
Possible to elaborate on that part? Sounds like a COOL way of doing it!

Thank you very much! Great Job!

[Gecko]

Joe,
Basically I cut a 3/16" groove halfway (critical) through the thickness of the sides on the inside of the sides where I wanted the lid to be cut from the body. Before gluing up I marked the exact position of the groove on one end of a side. After gluing up, I cut another 3/16" groove on the outside of the box exactly below the one on the inside (crossing my fingers I would hit it dead on). There you go. The top slides down over the bottom. The only problem with this is you lose the continuous grain pattern as you can see.

[Joe Lyddon]

OK Gecko,

Yes, I understand that.. I do the same thing...

BUT, I got the impression you did something special with the Back edge so the Top could be held Open (as if there were hinges in place).

Do you have hinges? Not clearly shown whether you do or not... I got the impression that it was just sitting there in an Open position using some of your Magic! ;D

[Gecko]

It is just sitting there leaning against the back board.

[Joe Lyddon]

POP... went my balloon... ;D

[Beamer]

Rick you shoulda told him it was the invisible hinge that you installed with your zero kerf bandsaw blade!!

[elizabeth]

May 1, 2010 20:54:18 GMT -6 Gecko said:

Joe,
Basically I cut a 3/16" groove halfway (critical) through the thickness of the sides on the inside of the sides where I wanted the lid to be cut from the body. Before gluing up I marked the exact position of the groove on one end of a side. After gluing up, I cut another 3/16" groove on the outside of the box exactly below the one on the inside (crossing my fingers I would hit it dead on). There you go. The top slides down over the bottom. The only problem with this is you lose the continuous grain pattern as you can see.

Way over my head!!!

[Joe Lyddon]

Liz,

Basically, you cut a 3/16" (pick the size of groove and stick to it) groove all the way around on the Inside... (the same distance from the end) (into the pieces before glue up)

Be sure you know where it is (marked on the outside or written down)...

Glue up the CUBE; lidless box.

Now, you want to cut another 3/16" groove (1/2 the thickness, deep) around the outside that is aligned to a slight overlap to the Inside groove. Lid is being cut now & each cut will be open. On last cut, the lid / body separate.

Spacers are used to hold Cut grooves fixed in position while cutting other sides... so it doesn't come apart, etc.

When done, you have a Lid that will perfectly fit into Body space (from the groove).

That's it in a nutshell... Basic idea, anyway.

Gecko, is that correct?

[Gecko]

May 2, 2010 15:52:20 GMT -6 elizabeth said:

May 1, 2010 20:54:18 GMT -6 Gecko said:

Joe,
Basically I cut a 3/16" groove halfway (critical) through the thickness of the sides on the inside of the sides where I wanted the lid to be cut from the body. Before gluing up I marked the exact position of the groove on one end of a side. After gluing up, I cut another 3/16" groove on the outside of the box exactly below the one on the inside (crossing my fingers I would hit it dead on). There you go. The top slides down over the bottom. The only problem with this is you lose the continuous grain pattern as you can see.

Way over my head!!!

Looks like it is time for a couple of picture tutorials for this and you other question. I will work on them as I get time.