Looking for inspiration

[phat bob]

Hi from hull I am a 60 year old apprentice trained joiner taken early retirement due to ill health and have started making bandsaw boxes to keep me out of the wife's hair

 

[Bingy man]

Absolutely awesome welcome to the forum ..

 

[TRITON]

Hello, and welcome. And you are welcome, although it might not initially seem that way by the lack of 'hello's on your first post, but rest assured everyone is welcoming, only they might not drop by to say it.

Can I quiz you on your first pic. What is it exactly and how does it work ?.

Perhaps a start to finish thread on how you go about making your box projects would make a nice opener.

 

[Sachakins]

Hi and welcome to our insanatorium
Nice work

 

[phat bob]

Hello, and welcome. And you are welcome, although it might not initially seem that way by the lack of 'hello's on your first post, but rest assured everyone is welcoming, only they might not drop by to say it.

Can I quiz you on your first pic. What is it exactly and how does it work ?.

Perhaps a start to finish thread on how you go about making your box projects would make a nice opener.

Hi Triton thanks for asking it is a jatoba and beech it has a roll too inside but I wanted the outside to flow I only make one of each box here are a couple more picks next time I will take a number of picks as I make it to show the process

 

[Fred48]

Hi from hull I am a 60 year old apprentice trained joiner taken early retirement due to ill health and have started making bandsaw boxes to keep me out of the wife's hair

Welcome to the forum
Lovely designs and craftsmanship. It would be nice seeing pictures with the lids off

 

[pauljhaigh58]

Nice work welcome
Paul

 

[irokathechoker]

Welcome to the site.

 

[Alexam]

Good for you Paul. I had a few years making bandsaw boxes and it looks like you already have a good method of doing this. When I have completed over 20 boxes, I decided to start selling them and found the site called 'Etsy' very reasonable and easy to use.

As you may know, the tuning of your bandsaw is very important to getting good results. What bandsaw do you use?

I sold my 16" bandsaw about a year ago as I was getting involved elsewhere and although I still have equipment in the garage, I am not active with woodwork now. Keep going, its great fun, but look for different designs to widen your skills.