I suppose I am into making boxes. I just love those containers and the thought of polishing and embellishing them.
They make great gift items too and I have never failed to get a pleased smile in return. That makes it all worthwhile.
My favourite boxes are made of dovetails; gives me good practice and makes for a strong box that will hopefully endure for decades.
Last week I finished putting together a small video I have been painstakingly making over winter. I've put it up on Youtube and can also be viewed below.
Hope you like it.
Indranil Banerjie
24 February 2017
They make great gift items too and I have never failed to get a pleased smile in return. That makes it all worthwhile.
My favourite boxes are made of dovetails; gives me good practice and makes for a strong box that will hopefully endure for decades.
Last week I finished putting together a small video I have been painstakingly making over winter. I've put it up on Youtube and can also be viewed below.
Hope you like it.
Indranil Banerjie
24 February 2017
Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteDear Indranil, How should an hobby wood worker dimension the wood for project - go to some carpenter with machines, buy table saw, buy band saw, keep trying to dimension by hand tools ? If table saw or band saw, then which one ?
ReplyDeleteThere are two aspects to dimensioning: first is getting all four sides square and paralel to each other. This is the most time consuming and difficult. Could be done with hand planes or at a place that has surface planers and thicknessers. Cutting wood to right length and width is easily done with a hand saw or with table saw. For hobbyists it is best to buy a benchtop model such as Bosch or Metabo, or go for very effective but cheap (12k) Chinese models.
DeleteI have a book on complete woodworking but the details about wood are given on foreign woods since it is written by a foreign writer . Can you tell me a name of good indian book to gather information about indian woods ? Since I want to make an engraved jewellery box . Also how to check the wood if it is wet or not (gili lakdi) since wet wood will get bend in future. Mainly I want whole basic information about how to buy durable cost effective wood.
ReplyDeleteI don't know of any such book but for some information on Indian timber you could try "A Handbook of Some Leeser Known Indian Timbers".
DeleteVery beautiful video, its meticulous with a voice that has timbre, makes for excellent viewing and hearing.
ReplyDeleteThough I notice you didn't make the recesses for the hinges, any particular reason for this ?
In my experience recesses are the way to make beautiful wood working pieces and the mark of a craftsman. All of wood working comes from the Lord who himself was a wood worker.
You are right about the recesses (hinge mortises) but this was more for showing dovetail construction.
DeleteVery nice work ..I very much liked the tools you use. Just wanted to know the name and make of the saws you are using , are these available locally
ReplyDeleteThank you
There is a guy called Deepak Chaddha who sells them here. Try searching for tools from Japan in Facebook. Best of luck.
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