PeteG
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While the fretwork tote is in A&E 
this morning I got to work on another little pressie for our lass, a cake box. Anything that has to do with cakes is right up my street
And again the pattern was supplied by Steve Good.
I picked American Red Oak for the body and Sapele for the top and base, one for some contrast and secondly because most of my wood is Oak or Sapele.
I had to do a little re-sawing this morning mainly for the decorative part of the lid which would be 6mm Oak, but the main part of the box I used what I had,
more about that later.
After preparing the pieces and taping up we're ready to go.
For the main part of box it says to use 1" stock but as mentioned I used what I had, which was 46mm, hopefully it won't look out of proportion when it's finished, but if I was to make another
one I'll go with the recommended 1" stock!
I started the internal cut with a No9 Pegas Double Reverse Cut blade with the saw up to mach speed, but the blade didn't seem to be doing anything, it was just going up and down and rubbing
against the Oak! I don't have any blades larger than a No9 but I did have some Olson No9 PGT's, I referred to these as Animals when I first tried them and thankfully they lived up to their name
getting stuck right in there. I was about a third of the way round before the blade lost it's edge and I could feel the side of the wood getting quite hot so it was time to change the blade.
In total in took three blades to cut the inner out, and the same again on the second piece.
To make a life a little easier changing the blade on the second piece I drilled some extra holes. There was also a knot in this piece of timber so I cut a piece of the pattern out so I
could see it whilst glueing the pattern down.
Which both pieces cut it was on to the bobbin sander. Using a hole saw in the pillar drill I cut a hole in a piece of 3/4" ply, as the inserts aren't flush with the table. £350.00 for a Jet bobbin sander
and they can't make inserts to fit, they should be bloody ashamed!
Time to see if they fit...
And they do not perfectly perfect but perfect enough.
I didn't want to take any chances cutting the decorative part that will be glued to the top, as it looks a little fragile, and again the insert isn't flush with the table.
So I drilled a 3mm hole in a piece of 3mm ply held by 2" spring clamps front and back.
And here's where I'm up to. I'll finish the internal cuts tomorrow, and then I have the feet to cut. There's only three and they're quite a nice simple design so shouldn't take long.
With a bit of luck this will be finished on Saturday and ready for a few coats of Wood Silk
this morning I got to work on another little pressie for our lass, a cake box. Anything that has to do with cakes is right up my street And again the pattern was supplied by Steve Good.
I picked American Red Oak for the body and Sapele for the top and base, one for some contrast and secondly because most of my wood is Oak or Sapele.
I had to do a little re-sawing this morning mainly for the decorative part of the lid which would be 6mm Oak, but the main part of the box I used what I had,
more about that later.
After preparing the pieces and taping up we're ready to go.
For the main part of box it says to use 1" stock but as mentioned I used what I had, which was 46mm, hopefully it won't look out of proportion when it's finished, but if I was to make another
one I'll go with the recommended 1" stock!
I started the internal cut with a No9 Pegas Double Reverse Cut blade with the saw up to mach speed, but the blade didn't seem to be doing anything, it was just going up and down and rubbing
against the Oak! I don't have any blades larger than a No9 but I did have some Olson No9 PGT's, I referred to these as Animals when I first tried them and thankfully they lived up to their name
getting stuck right in there. I was about a third of the way round before the blade lost it's edge and I could feel the side of the wood getting quite hot so it was time to change the blade.
In total in took three blades to cut the inner out, and the same again on the second piece.
To make a life a little easier changing the blade on the second piece I drilled some extra holes. There was also a knot in this piece of timber so I cut a piece of the pattern out so I
could see it whilst glueing the pattern down.
Which both pieces cut it was on to the bobbin sander. Using a hole saw in the pillar drill I cut a hole in a piece of 3/4" ply, as the inserts aren't flush with the table. £350.00 for a Jet bobbin sander
and they can't make inserts to fit, they should be bloody ashamed!
Time to see if they fit...
And they do
not perfectly perfect but perfect enough.
I didn't want to take any chances cutting the decorative part that will be glued to the top, as it looks a little fragile, and again the insert isn't flush with the table.
So I drilled a 3mm hole in a piece of 3mm ply held by 2" spring clamps front and back.
And here's where I'm up to. I'll finish the internal cuts tomorrow, and then I have the feet to cut. There's only three and they're quite a nice simple design so shouldn't take long.
With a bit of luck this will be finished on Saturday and ready for a few coats of Wood Silk
