Philly
Established Member
Hi All,
Well, here goes.....
Here is my competition entry-It's a bandsawn box, cut completely from a single (big) piece of timber. Here are the first pics....
I "found" the timber at our local rubbish tip whilst dropping off some chipboard. It is a hardwood of some description-looks like African mahogany but smells like Zebrano when cut. Any ideas??
I have never attempted cutting curves on timber this deep, using my bandsaw mainly for resawing. I used a narrow 3/8's rip blade. It left a surprisingly good finish-I'll be using this blade a lot more! The tight corners were a bit hair raising and the whole cutting episode was a bit frought. It came out well though. I have begun to remove the waste from the "drawers" with a forstner bit and will be getting stuck in with the smoothing tonight.
I don't really have a plan for this one and am making it up as I go along. So I hope it comes out alright.
Cheers
Philly
Well, here goes.....
Here is my competition entry-It's a bandsawn box, cut completely from a single (big) piece of timber. Here are the first pics....
I "found" the timber at our local rubbish tip whilst dropping off some chipboard. It is a hardwood of some description-looks like African mahogany but smells like Zebrano when cut. Any ideas??
I have never attempted cutting curves on timber this deep, using my bandsaw mainly for resawing. I used a narrow 3/8's rip blade. It left a surprisingly good finish-I'll be using this blade a lot more! The tight corners were a bit hair raising and the whole cutting episode was a bit frought. It came out well though. I have begun to remove the waste from the "drawers" with a forstner bit and will be getting stuck in with the smoothing tonight.
I don't really have a plan for this one and am making it up as I go along. So I hope it comes out alright.
Cheers
Philly