The Wood Whisperer / Gary Rogowski Box

[gippy]

Saw this box on the Wood Whisperer site a few months and finished it today. Only Festool used was my Midi as I didn't have much call for a TS55 on this project.
Woods used are Thai hardwoods, deng and makha. The bottom is plywood with a layer of handmade mulberry leaf paper fixed to it. Finish is 2 coats of water based poly on the paper, 2 coats of Osmo Polyx elsewhere. A fellow woodworker and FOG member here in Thailand was kind enough to bring me a sample of the Osmo oil. I shall have to see about importing some or trying the Surfix oils. I am not a big fan of film finishes and there is not a lot of oils to choose from in my local hardware stores.

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[roblg3]

Very beautiful!  I like the extended box joints, simply [big grin] elegant.

 

[wow]

That is gorgeous!

I've never seen the box joints extended like that before. I might have to try that on a project in the future!

 

[gippy]

That is gorgeous!

I've never seen the box joints extended like that before. I might have to try that on a project in the future!

I extended them by 1/8" and then chamfered all the edges.

 

[rvieceli]

that is quite lovely.

WOW -the extended finger joints were a classic Greene and Greene touch. Google Greene and Greene box joint for lots of examples and some jigs. They usually pinned the joint with a ebony plug.

 

[Healeyjet]

Beautiful work Gippy.  I really like the Greene & Greene box joints and the Japanese influenced handle.  Nice execution.
Ward

 

[mike_aa]

Very elegant and excellent attention to details. 

I especially like the bookmatched grain of the two end boards on the lid.

Mike A.

 

[Healeyjet]

Nice catch Mike A!  I hadn't noticed the book matching.  In my opinion, attention to detail like that are what separate the excellent from the merely good.
Ward

 

[gippy]

Very elegant and excellent attention to details. 

I especially like the bookmatched grain of the two end boards on the lid.

Mike A.

Thanks Mike and well spotted. You can't tell from the photo but the stock for the sides was also resawn so the grain flows all the way around the box.

 

[mike_aa]

You can't tell from the photo but the stock for the sides was also resawn so the grain flows all the way around the box.

Very nice!

Mike A.

 

[dltflt]

That is beautiful!  Sleek design.

 

[Zacharytanner]

Awesome box- great look

 

[acrewood1]

great work, osmo oil is one of my favourite finishes.

 

[pugilato]

Very nice, love those red woods. Looks perfectly proportioned... Got dimensions?

 

[gippy]

Very nice, love those red woods. Looks perfectly proportioned... Got dimensions?

It's 15" by 11.5", sides are 2.5" high. I used 3/8" stock for the sides, 1/2" for the top. The main wood will turn a darker red brown over time. It's called 'deng' which means red in Thai.

 

[Zacharytanner]

How did you attach the inside divider? Friction fit or pin nailed? Did you attach the bottom by doing a dado on the 4 sides?

Thanks,
Frank

 

[gippy]

The two short dividers are glued into dados on the longer pieces. The divider assembly is just a friction fit into the box so it can be moved as required. The bottom fits into a groove cut into the sides (a stopped groove on two of the sides).

 

[Zacharytanner]

Thanks Gippy

 

[sl_1800]

Beautiful work!!

 

[Lbob131]

Very nice gippy.

Doing the through  finger joints  I use a steel  ruler  which gives  a  snug  neat fit. 
Marks band  saw  has carbide tips  hence  the need  for the wider  kerf spacer.

I thought perhaps  that Marks  box had the  lid  end pieces  extended  slightly to match  the corner  joints.