Popular Post gee-dub Posted February 17, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 Scrap boxes may not be made from your first choice of materials. You may mix materials or use hardware that has been laying around a while. Still, they are a nice break from larger projects, use up scrap and create a pile of items that are handy for last minute gifts . I have no resaw capability in the temp shop so I need to be creative with what's on hand. To the scrap bin . . . I use shop made stop blocks to make repeated length cut in two dimensions. I use a FTG blade to cut 1/8" grooves for the top, bottom and insert tray supports. I glue some re-saw scrap to plywood to make the veneered bottoms. I use a palm router and core box bits of different sizes to 'carve' the lid blank. Mill the joinery on the top and bottom panel edges. Parts is parts. Packing tape is all you need for smaller boxes. These are a bit bigger at about 8 x 5 so I add these picture frame clamps. I want to separate the top from the base so I cut through but, just barely. I used the cut 'almost all the way through' and finish with a hand saw method at first. Years ago I saw someone make some of these and have done so ever since. You insert them into the kerf to keep the partially cut top and bottom sections stable while you complete the job. And you end up here. I pre-finish the insides and the top and bottom completely before assembly. I'll add hinges, a pull, then surface prep and finish the outside. Some felt dots for feet and its all done. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 Great project. I really like that texture for the lid. So were you doing that freehand? Was it your idea or did you see it somewhere. It's very interesting looking. So how long until you get back to a permanent shop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted February 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 I saw that treatment on the panels of some bypass doors on a mid century modern piece somewhere years ago. I use the square base on the cold and ride it against a guide. I then add a thickness of scrap wood that offsets that cut and continue that with random thicknesses to create the random pattern. They’re going to pour the concrete tomorrow. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pkinneb Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 Sorry if you posted elsewhere but what size is that? It looks to be an awesome space! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gee-dub Posted February 18, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 30 x 40. Once things slow down a bit I will start a thread about the journey ;-) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gee-dub Posted February 23, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Back to the boxes. I had to occupy myself while they did the finishing work on the slab or I would have driven then nuts. Didn't want to be that guy. I cut some free form shapes from the lid scrap. I thin it and shape it till I'm happy. I epoxy them on with bits of stainless wire acting like mini-dowels, The hinges have no stops so I will use chain. I believe this is the first time I have ever used a chain-stop; meh. I add felt dots for the lid to close on (the hinges were positioned to anticipate this), add the tray and they come out like so. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Very nice @gee-dub I have got to try a sculpted top like that. I have used chain stops before and I agree, meh, but they work, look ok and the price is right, well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 That handle is an awesome addition to the box. Was there a determining factor at the angle used for the front knobs? Chain stops are meh i agree but they are better than no stop at all. 1 hour ago, gee-dub said: Didn't want to be that guy. Yeah don't be that guy unless you are getting paid to be that guy. PM for hourly rates if you want me to be that guy... i have 9 years professional experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted February 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Thanks guys. The pull orientation is whatever feels right. I've done similar things before. When I started doing Greene and Greene stuff a lot of the pulls are made as opposed to bought. My twisted character enjoys that sort of thing and it spilled over into my boxes. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted February 24, 2021 Report Share Posted February 24, 2021 Now that’s Sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted February 24, 2021 Report Share Posted February 24, 2021 Hhhmmmm.... how much more would it take to make that handle into a systainer-style latch? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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