3D Cube ZigZag Box

[estesbubba]

That is really cool!

And with a project named ZigZag it's fitting that the editors were stoned when drawing up the plans. 

[wdwerker]

Drum sander is just a phone call away !   Project is looking good.  What kind of finish are you going to use ?

[estesbubba]

I would be all over @wdwerker's drum sander offer even if it costs you a bottle of Tullamore Dew! Card scraping all that would have my thumbs hurting for months.  

[wdwerker]

He's got credit from the last bottle still left !

[wouldwurker]

What kind of finish are you going to use ?

With walnut, I really don't like any finish but watco. Everything else always looks weird to me with the open pores.

[wdwerker]

ARS works too.

[wouldwurker]

Two years of making boxes I finally made one a dem dare mitre cut sleds.

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[wouldwurker]

Top scraped and sanded ready to be turned into a box

Cut a few veneers while I was at it

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[Chet]

Work is looking good so far Vin.

[wouldwurker]

The flame birch better be worth it, because I'd be done this project 3 times over if I could have used my planer after each glue up!

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[wouldwurker]

Made a test piece to make sure I don't screw up these miter cuts... given my history of screwing up miter cuts. As you can see I took a lot of time getting that dado just right on my test piece

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[..Kev]

Smart move!  Too much time invested to screw it up now!

[Keith Phillips]

Yes I just figured out the zig zag box problem myself Im making several and glad I figured out before glues started.

 

[wouldwurker]

Yeah!

Those miters are tight. And that's with no pressure at all.

[Chet]

Nice work there Vin.  That is coming out great.

[wdwerker]

I like the pattern being visible inside the box. Proof positive that it's solid wood not veneer.

[Keggers]

Man! That is looking great!

 

[wtnhighlander]

Sweet job on the miters, Vinny! That pattern wrapping the corners creates a really freaky illusion.

[bushwacked]

Awesome!! Can't wait to see it with some finish on it and popping

[davewyo]

Wonderful results, Vinny! Cool process too. Thanks for taking us along.

[wouldwurker]

The bottom fits. Nice thing about using birch hardwood, is that Baltic birch ply actually matches it.

The top will be sunk into a rabbit, which makes me a little nervous because it's technically in a frame and there's no room for expansion.

Usually I rabbet the top into a dado in the box. Hopefully it won't move too much as it's only 3/16" thick, and the grain runs and 75 different directions.

Haven't rabbet'ed the top of the box yet but it'll look something like this:

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[..Kev]

Looking very cool Vin!

[wdwerker]

I would make the width of the lid about 1/64 loose. That should allow for any movement.

[bushwacked]

Damn this thing gets nicer and nicer!

[wtnhighlander]

+1 to what Steve said. A panel that size, with such varying grain orientation, isn't going to move much in any given dimension.