Just playing around

[Ronn W]

Don't know what I will do with it.   Just had a picture in my head that I had to try.  Concave walls done on table saw.

[..Kev]

Would make a cool bird house..  Just needs a hole..  Very cool!

[wdwerker]

Slot in the roof and it's a suggestion box !

[Keggers]

Candy dish?

 

[wdwerker]

Container for Lincoln Logs ?

[mtairymd]

1 hour ago, Ronn W said:

Don't know what I will do with it.   Just had a picture in my head that I had to try.  Concave walls done on table saw.

I like it.  How did you use a table saw to make the concave walls?

[Llama]

Looks cool. On the second one make the fingers match the curve. 

[RichardA]

Piggy house bank?

[Chet]

Cool design.  Box for your spare change.

[Isaac]

Not only is it a cool design, but seems really well executed. The roof, chimney, everything. Bank/donation box or bird house do seem like the obvious uses. 

Could also be an awesome presentation box for some other craft, though I'm not exactly sure what, considering the cube shape. Maybe a pocket watch, or something along those lines. 

 

[Woodenskye]

First thing I thought about was Lincoln logs.  If you have young kids it could be a Lego log cabin. 

[wdwerker]

Ashes of a beloved pet ?

[pkinneb]

Cool Ronn! 

[Ronn W]

4 hours ago, mtairymd said:

t.  How did you use a table saw to make the concave walls?

Using miter gauge a a guide, I laid each side flst on the saw table and ran the board very slowly perpendicular to the blade.  First cut less than 1/16" deep.  Rinse and repeat raising the saw blade ever so slightly with each pass.  Similar to how a cove moulding is cut.

 

3 hours ago, Isaac said:

Not only is it a cool design, but seems really well executed. The roof, chimney, everything. Bank/donation box or bird house do seem like the obvious uses. 

Thank you, Isaac.

 

4 hours ago, Llama said:

Looks cool. On the second one make the fingers match the curve. 

I would have to think about how to approach that....challenging idea.

[Chestnut]

9 hours ago, Ronn W said:

Using miter gauge a a guide, I laid each side flst on the saw table and ran the board very slowly perpendicular to the blade.  First cut less than 1/16" deep.  Rinse and repeat raising the saw blade ever so slightly with each pass.  Similar to how a cove moulding is cut.

 

Thank you, Isaac.

 

I would have to think about how to approach that....challenging idea.

Scribe and a large radius on a spindle sander. I like the ideas for it but my favorite would be a cookie jar or candy dish. I love those lifesaver wint-o-green mints.

[Isaac]

9 hours ago, Ronn W said:

Using miter gauge a a guide, I laid each side flst on the saw table and ran the board very slowly perpendicular to the blade.  First cut less than 1/16" deep.  Rinse and repeat raising the saw blade ever so slightly with each pass.  Similar to how a cove moulding is cut.

 

Thank you, Isaac.

 

I would have to think about how to approach that....challenging idea.

Couldn't you assemble and glue the box and then do your original method? Though They wouldn't be fingers extending outward, but would match the curve flush.

[mtairymd]

10 hours ago, Ronn W said:

Using miter gauge a a guide, I laid each side flst on the saw table and ran the board very slowly perpendicular to the blade.  First cut less than 1/16" deep.  Rinse and repeat raising the saw blade ever so slightly with each pass.  Similar to how a cove moulding is cut.

 

Gotcha...thanks for the explanation.

[Immortan D]

Nice looking box.

To cut the fingers following the curve (box already glued): I think you can roll a a pencil on each side drawing an offset line on each finger. Then cut with a coping saw.

[wdwerker]

You can clamp 2 boards diagonally across the tablesaw with the blade centered between them. Angle will change the width of the cove. Make sure your parts are consistent & slide freely without much play. Use push blocks like Grrrippers. Raise the blade in very small increments. Use a sturdy full kerf blade. Blade stiffeners can help too.  Choose boards carefully, large or loose knots could be dangerous !

I remember reading an article in FWW about all the different variations of coves you can achieve. 

[wtnhighlander]

Matthias Wandell has a tool for calculating the blade angle and workpiece angle for different cove shapes on the table saw.

https://woodgears.ca/cove/calculate.html

Mattias makes no claim of being a "fine furniture maker", but he sure does interesting experiments with his woodworking machines.

[Chestnut]

Marc also did a video recently and covered asymmetrical coves. It might have been in the free picture frame project now that i think about it but it covers the topic very well as usual.

[Ronn W]

7 hours ago, Isaac said:

Couldn't you assemble and glue the box and then do your original method? Though They wouldn't be fingers extending outward, but would match the curve flush.

Yeah, That would work. I thought that Llama was suggesting having the fingers extend beyond the corners and also trimmed to a curve.

[Isaac]

4 hours ago, Ronn W said:

Yeah, That would work. I thought that Llama was suggesting having the fingers extend beyond the corners and also trimmed to a curve.

I think you are right. You could do that as well, by just not cutting full depth, but I'm envisioning huge tearout issues.  

[Ronn W]

58 minutes ago, Isaac said:

ou are right. You could do that as well, by just not cutting full depth, but I'm envisioning huge tearout issues.

Yeah, especially with the oak.   Anyway.........I am picturing my next box....time to try a hexagon with striping...maybe walnut and stained hackberry.  It's kinda fun to  imagine a box and then see if I can figure out how to build it.  I didn't post this one before but it was a challenge.  Note to self - don't use a flash to take furniture pics esp with gnarly grain.  Excuse the saw dust, these pics were just for me.

 

[Coop]

You’re definitely on a roll Ronn. Pretty cool!