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[Beatles] Quando para mucho mi a More Ray... Medullary - C. in Indy - 03-28-2021
With apologies to the Beatles' "Sun King"...
I want to make a very small box, and with small boxes comes the need for fine grain.
Last year's " 'He mocks me,' Boards were heard to say" project used some very nice QS oak:
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I wanted to get some of those medullary rays into a small project. The remaining lumber was minimal, but we're now off to a start:
Resawing thin wood activity:
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Gluing up wider mini-planks, flattening with a Holm Oak French plane with a few rays of its own...
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Until the rays converge...
RE: [Beatles] Quando para mucho mi a More Ray... Medullary - C. in Indy - 04-01-2021
Man, what a long week at work, and I was itching to get back to the wood bench the whole time.
Still I didn't have a lot of time, but I decided to do the "dovetails before dinner" quick work routine.
The nice DT marking gauge is custom-made from Mike Brady
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RE: [Beatles] Quando para mucho mi a More Ray... Medullary - C. in Indy - 04-03-2021
It did go pretty quick after that. Not only with the nice gauge from Mike, but also by ganging boards when I cut the tails.
Later I rabbeted a basic chamfered top pine/fir piece to fit, and did a bit of "schmutz and shellac" for a finish.... Ready to hold small trinkets!
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RE: [Beatles] Quando para mucho mi a More Ray... Medullary - Mike Brady - 04-03-2021
(04-03-2021, 10:56 AM)C. in Indy Wrote: It did go pretty quick after that. Not only with the nice gauge from Mike, but also by ganging boards when I cut the tails.
Later I rabbeted a basic chamfered top pine/fir piece to fit, and did a bit of "schmutz and shellac" for a finish.... Ready to hold small trinkets!
Glad you found it usefull Chris. Those recent projects are excellent.
RE: [Beatles] Quando para mucho mi a More Ray... Medullary - TomFromStLouis - 04-06-2021
Nice box although I am surprised you found white oak to be "fine grain". I think of that as what Hoadley called "diffuse porous" like fruitwoods or maple. Either way, it does make a fine looking box!