Out of the Box

well, you’re right, my monday morning was a bit drab, now it’s boring as well. thanks :slight_smile:

it’s a multi panel piece right ? how big will it be total ?

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Yes it is 2 sections but the lower one is fairly small. You can see the joiner in this image.
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The whole piece is 1898mm by 616mm or 37’ 6 47/64ths" by 12 cubits seven and one third bits.

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Not really…

…the top panel first time up to the light.

… but now we are “talking”, it looks great!

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Fantastic work Box, is it a stormy weather scene?

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Yep. It’s called The Storm and is based on the view from the house in which it will be installed. We get short violent summer storms that churn the sea into a frenzy and throw it between the cliffs.

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Fabulous !!! :+1:

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It’s almost but not quite completely different from the famous Hokusai woodblock print. Great work!

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How perfectly Douglas Adams of you ‘He had found a Nutri-Matic machine which had provided him with a plastic cup filled with a liquid that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.’

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This is why it is often called Painting with Light. Late afternoon sun, grainy camera and grainy carpet.

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I don’t know if this is of any interest to anyone, but I recorded it for someone else and figured I’d drop it in here.
I’m not suggesting this is ‘the correct’ way of doing dovetails, just a quick example of how if you get the measurements right and know your angles it is pretty simple stuff.
Dovetail array

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I think I have wandered far enough from Sketchup in this thread that is is ok to post this. I collected a nice set of Burl offcuts a few days ago and I’m now working and polishing them.
The plan is to cut, shape and polish some of them to create a tree incorporated into a door panel. The client wants a stained glass panel but it is an internal door for a bathroom, so it is viewed from both sides and it needs to be obscure, therefore nicely textured wood can work with appropriately textured glass.
It will be a challenging, interesting piece, and I really love working with wood as well as glass.


Rough burls.


A bit of simple surfacing.


Some more detail, still many grades of sandpaper away from finished.

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I’ve never heard of Bimble Box. Are these all verities of eucalyptus? They’re beautiful.

Bimble box is fairly abundant here but can be tricky to work with, a bit too sappy.
Pretty sure they are all gums, but dont quote me on that.

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Finally got The Storm installed.


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But you have to make sure that there is no draught and that the door doesn’t bang.

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Absolutely gorgeous!

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Absolutely wonderful :+1:

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Spectacular work and looks amazing in-place.

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Note the rather large pneumatic door closer for just that reason.
The whole thing is pretty strong now, it has several support bars and some brass fins soldered to the structure give it some rigidity.
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Once soldered and polished they basically blend in and disappear.

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Not your first rodeo. :wink:

Beautiful work!

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