A beautiful piece of work "R".
A Walnut Jewelry Box
My first time with walnut and my first project with my new table saw (and a straight fence!). I looked around online for plans, but didn't find anything that fit what I wanted, so I made my own. The basic design came from one of Norm's projects, but his was pretty plain, so I added some scroll work to the apron and the lid, and brought the drawers out to overlay the face frame.
The top is a negative pattern of the apron, on a slightly larger scale. The design was laid out using Google Sketchup. I made the molding around the edge myself. Since I only had 3/4 stock to work with, I rabbetted the edges of the drawers so they only have a 1/2 profile from the face frame. What you don't see in the pics is the piano hinge and brass chain to hold the lid open at about 120 degrees that I have since added. the drawer sides are birch ply, and the top drawer is a false drawer, it doesn't pull out.
I was going to put a mirror on the underside of the lid, but the wood was too pretty to cover up.
Finished with dark walnut stain, a mixture of boiled linseed oil and polyurethane next, followed by a couple of coats of satin polyurethane.
Just need some felt in the drawers and I'm all set. I think the drawer sides need some more stain as well, but I wanted to go ahead and post some pics.
The top is a negative pattern of the apron, on a slightly larger scale. The design was laid out using Google Sketchup. I made the molding around the edge myself. Since I only had 3/4 stock to work with, I rabbetted the edges of the drawers so they only have a 1/2 profile from the face frame. What you don't see in the pics is the piano hinge and brass chain to hold the lid open at about 120 degrees that I have since added. the drawer sides are birch ply, and the top drawer is a false drawer, it doesn't pull out.
I was going to put a mirror on the underside of the lid, but the wood was too pretty to cover up.
Finished with dark walnut stain, a mixture of boiled linseed oil and polyurethane next, followed by a couple of coats of satin polyurethane.
Just need some felt in the drawers and I'm all set. I think the drawer sides need some more stain as well, but I wanted to go ahead and post some pics.
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Very Nice rpice54
What kind of bit did you use on the top ?, I know how hard it can be to get into the tight radius without burn marks, and to get the bit to make the cut true.
Brand name,bit name,part number please
thanks.
Bj
What kind of bit did you use on the top ?, I know how hard it can be to get into the tight radius without burn marks, and to get the bit to make the cut true.
Brand name,bit name,part number please
thanks.Bj
Thanks for the feed back rpice54
Have you tried the bits below they work great for tight radius...
http://www.mlcswoodworking.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/smarthtml/pages/bt_brass.html
Again very nice job
Bj
Have you tried the bits below they work great for tight radius...
http://www.mlcswoodworking.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/smarthtml/pages/bt_brass.html
Again very nice job
Bj
Hi rpice54
Can you PLEASE take a snapshot of the bit you used with the SMALL bearing on it, I have not seen one that small b/4 and I'm always on the look out for new bits.
The only I have that small is a 1/4" flush trim bit with a 1/4" OD bearing on it.
Bj
Can you PLEASE take a snapshot of the bit you used with the SMALL bearing on it, I have not seen one that small b/4 and I'm always on the look out for new bits.
The only I have that small is a 1/4" flush trim bit with a 1/4" OD bearing on it.
Bj
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