Here is a cherry jewelry box I just finished. The wood is nice air
dried stuff from my Amish friends in Ohio. The joinery consists of dovetails
for the carcass, dovetails & shiplaps for the tray, and bridle joints &
grooves for the lid. I like to leave the scribe lines in my
dovetails but understand that others don’t. The moldings are simple miters with a nice
chamfer. The adhesive for this (and all of my other projects) is hide glue. I
like Old Brown Glue from William Patrick Edwards in San Diego. The finish is
three coats of Tried & True oil varnish. Each coat is applied then left to
dry for a week under a fan. After the first coat is dried it is burnished with
0000 steel wool. Then each additional coat is burnished with a fine linen cloth
after drying. I like to heat the oil to 140° before applying
nice thin coats with a linen cloth.
All work is done by hand. All of the surfaces are left from the smooth
plane.
Photos are by my good friends Joe & Stephanie.
That was the best birthday present ever!
ReplyDeleteThanks,
Mom