Week 5 - cutting & branding blocks

This week I cut 9 blocks out of 42 x 42 timber. Each block is 40mm high.

We then branded a O on the top and an X on the bottom of each block, using the oxy acetylene to heat up the brand.

Tools used:  try square, tenon saw, disc sander, drill press (to brand timber)

Week 4 - Attaching base & starting blocks

Cut a base of 3mm ply (183mm x 183mm)

Attach to bottom of box with glue and nails.

Sand edges of box on Big Boy belt sander, remove all pencil marks and fill any gaps you may have.

 Next step is to cut the blocks out of 42 x 42 timber. Cut 9 at 40mm long.

Week 3 - gluing it together

I glued the outside frame together, when it had dried, I glued the inside pieces into position as shown in the diagram.

This all worked well, it was lucky that we made the joints a little looser, as it became very tight when all 8 joints had to fit in at the same time.

Week 2 - make the inside pieces

This week I cut the 4 pieces that make up the boxes inside (they should be 171 long, but we made them fit specific joints, so they had to be marked, so we put them into the correct space.

We made 4 pieces the same, with the cross halving joint in the position shown.

The 4 pieces are fitted together as shown above and below.

This will then be glued and placed inside the frame we made last week.

Tools used:  tenon saw, chisel, mallet, marking gauge, disc sander

Week 1 - Getting started

We are making a O's and X's box.
This week we drew the box to size in Google Sketch Up.

We then started to make the frame of the box, using finger joints. (see diagram below)

I got this far by the end of the week

I am pretty happy with how I have done so far, no real problems.


Tools used:

Try square, steel rule, tenon saw, marking gauge, chisel, mallet