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General Category => Ask Steve a question. => Topic started by: don in brooklin on on January 29, 2013, 11:01:14 pm
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Is there a video for the making of the "Be Mine" box or has anyone made it.
http://stevedgo.ipower.com/cat/?page_id=80 (http://stevedgo.ipower.com/cat/?page_id=80)
I don't understand the interior cuts or how the lid is attached.
Any hints or a picture.
Thanks
Don
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Don, I just looked for a video for it but couldn't find one. I haven't made this one but I studied the box a bit and I may be wrong but it appears to me that the top of the box is glued to the larger heart and the bottom to the smaller one and this box has an inner and outer wall that are the same depth.
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Yup, I agree with Shogun. I have not made this one but I did make the dragon box. http://www.stevedgood.com/dragonbox.pdf
Constuction would be similar.
Pete
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Thanks
This makes sense. I guess I had a senior moment on this.
Thanks again. I just got to get going and get completed for the 14th.
Don
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Don, I have made this box, Shogun is correct with his explanation.The top of the box is glued to the larger heart and the bottom to the smaller one and this box has an inner and outer wall that are the same depth.
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All has been said, just look for an other box making video of Steve and follow the steps.
heart box example
part2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOoEBdpcPio
part3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGxaT763mrM
or the gift box
part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egBxsnUJ82Q
part 2:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PohG14DyHX0
I've done it, and if you do it that way also, it will be look like this.
(oak top, red ceder side)
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I have made three of those boxes for my granddaughters. I made them out of 2" thick cherry and made the tops and bottoms out of 1/4" purple heart. I do NOT recommend any one (especially newbies) using these woods for this project. They looked nice and I was happy with them but, it took A LOT of clean-up and sanding to get them to that point. Cherry burns very easy at best but, when it is an honest 2" thick, it is a real BEAR CAT and takes for ever to cut. Purple heart is not only messy (purple saw dust EVERYWHERE) and splinters at the drop of a hat and being oily needs to be cleaned with thinner before gluing.
It is a very nice project and fun to make but, just be careful about the thickness and types of wood you use.
(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z299/rapidroger/My%20small%20boxes/IMG_0275.jpg)
Rog
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Roger, I'm just curious, you said in your last post that Cherry burns very easily...I use a lot of cherry and dont have that much problem with it burning. what size blade are you using?
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Roger, I'm just curious, you said in your last post that Cherry burns very easily...I use a lot of cherry and dont have that much problem with it burning. what size blade are you using?
To be honest, I don't remember what blade I used, I cut those boxes about three years ago. I'm guessing that I used either a #9 or #10 blade because of the thickness of the wood and gentle curves the box has. But, I will tell you this, I have burned cherry wood with just about every power saw I own and even with a hole saw on the drill press. I have cut cherry with a jig saw, a table say, a scroll saw, and a miter saw, and I get some burning in places almost every time. It usually isn't much and not hard to sand off but, I do remember that on these boxes I got absolutely charred wood in places because the blade could not get the dust out of the way because of the thickness of the wood. I made a dinning room table out of cherry and there was some burning when I used my table saw. Cherry wood just won't take much heat at all but, it sure looks nice when it is finished and after it has set in the sun for a year or so. It gets darker from the UV rays regardless of the finish you put on it.
If you have never burned cherry, you haven't cut it very much. :D ;)
Rog
PS I hope you realize that last smart @$$ remark was meant to be funny and teasing not mean. ;)
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sometimes its the blade and sometimes it is just the wood no matter what you do it burns have cut lots of cherry and you never know how it is going to cut.