Popular Post meflick Posted January 26, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 Technically, these are "bandsaw boxes" BUT the handles were cut on my scroll saw. While we already had an 18" floor model bandsaw (well hubby did) in the shop, he got me a smaller 10" tabletop Rikon bandsaw for Christmas. I like it for most of my needs and it is easy enough for me to change out the blades on it as needed. He also built me a stand to put it on. (Yes, he's a keeper. ) I had been wanting to try to make some bandsaw boxes for quite a while (probably after several were shared here in the Village no doubt.) This gave me the perfect opportunity to try some. The patterns are from a book I purchased, "The New Bandsaw Box Book - Techniques and Patterns for the Modern Woodworker" by David Picciuto. I have made the first two boxes from the book. The first one is aptly called the "Tennessee" box, the state in which I live. I would say that the design - very roughly sort of looks like the outline of the state (but not really. ) The second one is the "St Louis" Box inspired by the "gateway arches." I used scraps we had in the shop since these were my first attempts. Thus the "walnut" in the middle of the St Louis Box does not match up as he has in the book. I had two scraps of walnut, one was dark and one was not. I did flock the inside of each piece and the inside of the drawer with a navy blue flock. I enjoyed making these and plan to try some more. Thanks for looking. jollyred, Fish, Sam777 and 16 others 17 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted January 26, 2019 Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 Way to go, Melanie! Bring them in on your next trip to Dayton. meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted January 26, 2019 Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 Those are really well done. meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted January 26, 2019 Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 I love those boxes Melanie. You did a great job on those. I mi ght have to try that. meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Scroller Posted January 26, 2019 Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 They are great boxes can't fault them better than mine as I've got wood ready but never really got going, made one and sold it. Roly meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordster Posted January 26, 2019 Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 Great job on these Melanie..nice wood..nice Xmas present too. meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted January 26, 2019 Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 Those look great Melanie! Nice choice of wood too. Was that a 1/4" blade or smaller? meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxfold Posted January 26, 2019 Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 Beautiful, it would look gorgeous on my dresser !!! meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 Very nice work! meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPscroller Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 Sharp looking projects Melanie. Jeff meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 Beautiful work!! I love doing the bandsaw boxes... other than the fact that every time I want to make some my saw is set up with the big re-saw blade and it's quite a process to keep changing it from one thing to the next... so... I guess maybe I just need another bandsaw Ivan Nikolaev and meflick 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirithorse Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomanydogs Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 Well done Melanie. They look very good. meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 They are Awesome!! Love the woods.Superb job on both. meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 very nice work meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTTHECLOCKMAN Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 They came out great. You are a quick learner. You know though you just went down a different tunnel with no way out. There are so many different patterns out there and also easy to make your own patterns for. The sky is the limit on these too. I need to get back to some of these too. My plate is full and not enough time in the day but when people show things like this I just want to do some too. I have saw dust running in my veins. Thanks for showing. meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 Those turned out great ! meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 Wow they are terrific. I always say I am going to try them but I get side tracked and never do......but one day............................ Marg meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meflick Posted January 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 Thanks everyone for the kind comments. They are fairly simple to do once you understand the basics. Hope to do some more soon. Need to get some boards glued up first. On 1/26/2019 at 5:06 PM, Rockytime said: Those look great Melanie! Nice choice of wood too. Was that a 1/4" blade or smaller? Les, he recommends using a 1/2" resew blade for the thicker, straight cuts and a 3/16" skip tooth blade with 4 tpi for the curves. I haven't been able to find a 3/16" yet, so I used the 1/4" skip tooth blade with 4 tpi that I did have and it worked fine so far. Kevin, yes - changing the blades out on hubby's big saw, was the main reason I had not tried them previously. It is really easy however to change the blades on the 10" table bandsaw. Denny, it would be great to come back down to Dayton and see you at the shop sometime. John, you are definitely right, I keep falling down different rabbit holes with my woodworking - usually thanks to people here in the Village showing something and me saying "oh, that's cool, I want to try that." I hope those of you who said I want to try those, will at some point. They really are not too hard and fun to do. justdraftn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 Thank you for the great description Melanie. I have a 9" HF band saw. I just need to get appropriate blades. meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted February 5, 2019 Report Share Posted February 5, 2019 Work of art!!! meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justdraftn Posted February 5, 2019 Report Share Posted February 5, 2019 On 1/28/2019 at 7:32 AM, meflick said: Thanks everyone for the kind comments. They are fairly simple to do once you understand the basics. Hope to do some more soon. Need to get some boards glued up first. Les, he recommends using a 1/2" resew blade for the thicker, straight cuts and a 3/16" skip tooth blade with 4 tpi for the curves. I haven't been able to find a 3/16" yet, so I used the 1/4" skip tooth blade with 4 tpi that I did have and it worked fine so far. Kevin, yes - changing the blades out on hubby's big saw, was the main reason I had not tried them previously. It is really easy however to change the blades on the 10" table bandsaw. Denny, it would be great to come back down to Dayton and see you at the shop sometime. John, you are definitely right, I keep falling down different rabbit holes with my woodworking - usually thanks to people here in the Village showing something and me saying "oh, that's cool, I want to try that." I hope those of you who said I want to try those, will at some point. They really are not too hard and fun to do. meflick Posted March 11, 2018 Welcome to the Village from East Tennessee, in the foothills of the a great Smoky Mountains. I love the idea and visuals of bandsaw boxes. One day I will attempt one perhaps. Remember this? Your "attempts" look great. Really nice boxes. That is a great book. I learned a bunch from it. I have not been around here too much because ....well, I have been building boxes. SS was made for creating tiny pulls for band saw box drawers. I have been running 3/16" blade in the plastic guides on the Laguna. Works well for all but the most fine detail stuff. meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meflick Posted February 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2019 Actually, no, I don't remember that specific post (I am presently over 2,200 in almost 3 years here) and am on pretty regularly couple times a day "just checking in". However, I know I have posted several times on here with folks bandsaw boxes that I wanted to give them a try one day. Glad my "one day" finally rolled around. I still want to make more. Just need to get some boards and get them glued up. Hope to do that sooner then later. Maybe one day I will have a great bunch like yours. Thanks for the reminder! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justdraftn Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 (edited) On 1/26/2019 at 11:48 AM, meflick said: Technically, these are "bandsaw boxes" BUT the handles were cut on my scroll saw. While we already had an 18" floor model bandsaw (well hubby did) in the shop, he got me a smaller 10" tabletop Rikon bandsaw for Christmas. I like it for most of my needs and it is easy enough for me to change out the blades on it as needed. He also built me a stand to put it on. (Yes, he's a keeper. ) I had been wanting to try to make some bandsaw boxes for quite a while (probably after several were shared here in I think that once you get the hang of changing a blade on your 10", you will be able to do it on the 18". What kind of saw is it? On the 18" you will have the capability to mill raw logs into boxes. Edited February 6, 2019 by justdraftn additional thoughts meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton717 Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 nice job, they look great meflick and justdraftn 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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