Popular Post Phinnegan Posted August 31, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 I've had the materials since the guild build was current, but I finally got my shop back together so its high time to get this sucker done, as I have stogies that are living in a plastic box (effective, but...). Birds eye maple veneer and walnut trim. I had milled most of the rough stock previously, and then it sat around for 2(3?) years, so I'm just a hair thinner on the sides than ideal as I had to plane away a slight cup. Thankfully the roll of veneer was no worse for wear. Cork paper and veneer glue arrived today, and I'm off to the races: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted August 31, 2016 Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 Nice piece of veneer there! I look forward to your build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phinnegan Posted September 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 Limited on clamps of course, so three more pressings later all the veneer is applied, pieces cut to size... Dados and rabbets cut, 1/4 trim cut, glued and clamped! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkrusen Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 Looking good! That's a nice piece of birdseye. What glue are you using for the veneering? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phinnegan Posted September 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 1 hour ago, mkrusen said: Looking good! That's a nice piece of birdseye. What glue are you using for the veneering? I used that Titebond cold press veneer glue, seemed to work pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phinnegan Posted September 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2016 Glued up the box yesterday,mostly according to plan, my sides were still cupped a bit from the years of storage (alas), but the clamping more or less straightened everything up. Horizontal trim overnight (tiny bit of tear out in the maple despite tape, i'm sure I'll make sure to point that out to everyone who sees it for the usual masochistic reasons). Submitting this thing to the dado blade is a little cringe-y, but again, basically a success. I've never used so much blue tape outside of painting in my life. Vertical trim today, gluing up, so far so good. Dreading cutting this thing in half. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted September 2, 2016 Report Share Posted September 2, 2016 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted September 2, 2016 Report Share Posted September 2, 2016 Are you seperating the lid by sawing through that dark band? Does it need to be wider to account for saw kerf waste? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenskye Posted September 3, 2016 Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 That is looking really good so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phinnegan Posted September 3, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 1 hour ago, wtnhighlander said: Are you seperating the lid by sawing through that dark band? Does it need to be wider to account for saw kerf waste? Yes, and no, the design is such that it plays more like second-tier detail, and is thinner than the outside border when cut. Also, I have a thinner kerf blade which will help out a bit. The cutting went pretty well, pics incoming. Well, time for the meat and potatoes here... As usual, like everything I make, this guy isn't exactly 100% square. It rocks when sitting flat by maybe .1-.2mm, which is probably what caused this cut to not be perfect, but overall it went better than expected. The only real issue is that two of my corners got cut a little more, I'm not sure what to do about this, besides just live with it...? Good corners: Bad corners: I sanded a bit, but didn't want to go overboard lest the lid not fit very well. Maybe I just ease the sharp transitions and learn to be square-er boxes. Obligatory shavings shot. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted September 3, 2016 Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 Sweet! The humidor is not one of the guild projects in my library, so I appreciate you sharing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterL Posted September 3, 2016 Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 Looking great! I had a hell of a time with the finishing of mine, good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phinnegan Posted September 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 8 hours ago, HunterL said: Looking great! I had a hell of a time with the finishing of mine, good luck! Yea, not really the type of finish I've done before. Any tips? Plan right now is rattle can zinsser shellac to seal, pore fill per the guide with the timber mate, and then since I have the better part of a gallon of GF high performance, use that as a top coat as it seems people have had good look sanding/polishing that to a pretty high shine. Edit: found your thread, yours looks great, will be very careful with the sanding. I'm sure it happens a lot, but was entertained to find your shop pictures to look almost exactly like mine equipment-wise, though I have the JET air cleaner instead of the rikon. Great minds I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phinnegan Posted September 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 A couple days ago I got the hinges mortised (used the template, as it was on sale with the hinges when I picked them up). Some tear out in the walnut on one side of the hinge, but otherwise everything fits great, dug out the middle with the drill press with very little fuss. Sanded all around (my corner issues all but disappeared with the easing of the edges, which I'm pretty happy about). 1/8 roundover on top and sides and then sprayed inside and out with zinnser shellac, quick sanding, and on with the timbermate, thinned down this stuff goes on really easily, and sanded off just about as easily, soooo smooth to the touch now. Decided to go with general finishes high performance semi-gloss, simply because I have a lot of it. Seems to be going down very well (HVLP) over the past couple of days, doing a few coats then a quick sand, but it is going on very flat. No pics, probably on coat number 6 or 7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phinnegan Posted September 10, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 After about 10-12 coats, I'm going to call it good. Cut the liners to size and installed, now to wait for that finish to cure before attempting the sanding/polishing. I'm not very patient, time to find another project in the meantime. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 Looking great. Are you going with a high gloss French polish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phinnegan Posted September 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 1 hour ago, Brendon_t said: Looking great. Are you going with a high gloss French polish? Planning on wet sanding through 2000, and then a couple rounds of polish compound. I'm hoping I have enough finish to stand up to it, it seems thick enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 Looks really good! I did the same one with walnut burl Veneer and darker walnut trim. But mine did not finish as well as yours. Lots of imperfections. Your making me want to redo mine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phinnegan Posted September 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 18 hours ago, Rick N said: Looks really good! I did the same one with walnut burl Veneer and darker walnut trim. But mine did not finish as well as yours. Lots of imperfections. Your making me want to redo mine... Haha, it looks pretty good in low resolution at least =) It has taught me to be more vigilant about tear-out, and less worked up about about smaller things that basically disappear when edges are broken and things are sanded. For some reason the top veneer was a little wave-y (it was very obvious after doing the grain fill, as there were clear streaks of filler left, but I was leery about trying to sand it totally flat and burn through somewhere, so I cleared out most of the fill by hand), I'm hoping a built up enough finish that it will be able to more or less even out. We'll see =). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted September 17, 2016 Report Share Posted September 17, 2016 That looks awesome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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