Popular Post munzieb Posted February 2, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 2, 2021 Several years ago I made 4 compass roses from various woods. I used one for a table top and one for another box. The other two had been laying around for a while and after finishing the previous black lacquer round box, it was time to find a home for these two Compasses. I wanted to try something different. I had several pieces of exotic woods, (Purpleheart, Bubinga, Brazilian Rosewood and oak) and wanted to do the 16 sided box again. I cut long strips 1.5" wide. First pass on the table saw was off by a degree on each side but second pass got me to the 11.25 degrees (78.75 deg. on table saw) to make a correct circle. I cut strips into 1.5" segments and laid them on blue tape for gluing. For the bottom, I double sided taped a long strip of wood to the lower segments and Routered a 1/4x1/4" groove and cut a matching disc for the base and glued the segments with titebond glue. I used 2 hose clamps screw together to form a circle to hold the 1st level in place. Glued up the other 2 layers with the blue tape to hold together along with the clamps. On the top I cut a dado rather than a groove for the compass to rest on. Glued all the layers together and double side taped to the top to the base so I could sand them all together on occillating sander. I cut 3 very thin strips on the table saw to form the insert lip for the top and glued together and sanded to fit in the base of the top. I cut 1/8" disks for the top and bottom and attached the felt and dropped them in place. Finish was several coats of clear gloss lacquer. Need to find another scrolling projects and give the boxes a rest. frankorona, TexasDIY, new2woodwrk and 16 others 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted February 2, 2021 Report Share Posted February 2, 2021 Great job on those. amazingkevin and munzieb 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted February 2, 2021 Report Share Posted February 2, 2021 Very beautiful..... looks like a lot of work....! amazingkevin, Dave Monk and munzieb 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Lotts Posted February 3, 2021 Report Share Posted February 3, 2021 Wow, Cant imagine getting things down to such accurate angles like that. That wood sounds pricey too! Well it turned our looking absolutely perfect, Well done and congratulations! amazingkevin and munzieb 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McDonald Posted February 3, 2021 Report Share Posted February 3, 2021 Just like your cutting, it seems the geometry was right on. Very interesting project and beautiful. amazingkevin and munzieb 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted February 3, 2021 Report Share Posted February 3, 2021 Great work! I see some other fretwork boxes in that picture too. Fantastic! amazingkevin and munzieb 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted February 3, 2021 Report Share Posted February 3, 2021 7 hours ago, munzieb said: Several years ago I made 4 compass roses from various woods. I used one for a table top and one for another box. The other two had been laying around for a while and after finishing the previous black lacquer round box, it was time to find a home for these two Compasses. I wanted to try something different. I had several pieces of exotic woods, (Purpleheart, Bubinga, Brazilian Rosewood and oak) and wanted to do the 16 sided box again. I cut long strips 1.5" wide. First pass on the table saw was off by a degree on each side but second pass got me to the 11.25 degrees (78.75 deg. on table saw) to make a correct circle. I cut strips into 1.5" segments and laid them on blue tape for gluing. For the bottom, I double sided taped a long strip of wood to the lower segments and Routered a 1/4x1/4" groove and cut a matching disc for the base and glued the segments with titebond glue. I used 2 hose clamps screw together to form a circle to hold the 1st level in place. Glued up the other 2 layers with the blue tape to hold together along with the clamps. On the top I cut a dado rather than a groove for the compass to rest on. Glued all the layers together and double side taped to the top to the base so I could sand them all together on occillating sander. I cut 3 very thin strips on the table saw to form the insert lip for the top and glued together and sanded to fit in the base of the top. I cut 1/8" disks for the top and bottom and attached the felt and dropped them in place. Finish was several coats of clear gloss lacquer. Need to find another scrolling projects and give the boxes a rest. Another unbelievable project. You are simply amazing. So glad you explained it all so now even I could make these......NOT. I am completely baffled and understood none of your way to do these, but that is me and you know me well enough by now to know I am out in left field most of the time anyway. Seriously, these are really cool pieces. I simply love them/ Lucky for you, I love on the western side of the USA and you live on the eastern side, otherwise I would be knocking at your door every day so I could learn a little bit about scrolling from you Dick heppnerguy amazingkevin and munzieb 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted February 3, 2021 Report Share Posted February 3, 2021 Beautiful work. You did an awesome job, well done. Marg amazingkevin and munzieb 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted February 3, 2021 Report Share Posted February 3, 2021 terrific work, it's beautiful amazingkevin and munzieb 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjweb Posted February 3, 2021 Report Share Posted February 3, 2021 Wow that is impressive, beautiful craftsmanship, RJ amazingkevin and munzieb 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomanydogs Posted February 3, 2021 Report Share Posted February 3, 2021 Absolutely gorgeous !!! amazingkevin and munzieb 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonkort2 Posted February 3, 2021 Report Share Posted February 3, 2021 WOW!! That took a lot of work!! read how you said you did it and it is beyound me!! I love them !!! Thanks for shareing!! Im sure there are others on here who could understand your directions and can use your post to try to make one themselves munzieb and amazingkevin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ike Posted February 4, 2021 Report Share Posted February 4, 2021 Great job .IKE amazingkevin and munzieb 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 Mission impossible for me! I would be exhilarated having results like this!!! Wow!!! munzieb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 Truly amazing boxes. munzieb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie E Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 Amazing level of craftmanship. Beautiful! munzieb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudson River Rick Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 What a nice job you did on those boxes. You are a true artisan. Thanks for sharing Rick munzieb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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