I'm going to run this down quick because I'm really pressed for time.
I made this box to test a couple principles, get some practice on my router table, and to try out a freehand router technique/filling process that I thought up for engraving/personalizing stuff I make.
I needed to get some practice in so I didn't screw up too badly when I took these techniques to the desktop humis I'm building right now. (I say "took" because I've already made 90% or the pieces for those desktop humis and I definately needed the prior practice. It was tough.)
So anyways...
Here's the box as it existed in pieces.
When I make this stuff, I generally design it in my head, look at my material, then decide what I can get out of the wood I have available.
Then I figure out how big I want the interior to be and work from that.
In this case I grabbed a few large rg torps and added headspace for beads and body space for Spanish Cedar.
You can see the Spanish Cedar laminated on the two large pieces in the pic above.
More coming up...
I made this box to test a couple principles, get some practice on my router table, and to try out a freehand router technique/filling process that I thought up for engraving/personalizing stuff I make.
I needed to get some practice in so I didn't screw up too badly when I took these techniques to the desktop humis I'm building right now. (I say "took" because I've already made 90% or the pieces for those desktop humis and I definately needed the prior practice. It was tough.)
So anyways...
Here's the box as it existed in pieces.
When I make this stuff, I generally design it in my head, look at my material, then decide what I can get out of the wood I have available.
Then I figure out how big I want the interior to be and work from that.
In this case I grabbed a few large rg torps and added headspace for beads and body space for Spanish Cedar.
You can see the Spanish Cedar laminated on the two large pieces in the pic above.
More coming up...