1st Cube Tissue Box

[John B]

Thanks to @FrankEV for giving me a nudge along,
I finished this tonight as a gift for the school bursar, (Karen) as she is leaving tomorrow. I like cutting things fine  
This is the first cube type tissue box that I made. There where lots of paper and printouts trying to get the design and dimension looking correct.
It is made from 12mm pine with Jarrah trim. Has Royal Blue felt fixed to 3mm ply as a lining and backing to the cut outs.|
Finished with 3 coats 30% gloss lacquer
Mary and the Southern Cross is the school logo

Don't know what I did to the pics this time, they came out small ?

Edited May 5, 2022 by John B

[munzieb]

Beautiful Job. Love the contrasting colors and crisp cutting!

[jr42]

Looks very nice.

[daveww1]

excellent job

[CSull]

Nice! I think this is the best tissue box I have seen!

[FrankEV]

Excelent Job.  Love that each face has a different cutting. The dark trim on the light box is just beautiful. 

What tool did you use to miter the corner trim?

30% Gloss Lacquer?  Mix your own?  Spray or brush on?   You should not tease and put something out there that is different with out an explanation..

[Bill WIlson]

I had to look up "bursar" as I had never heard that term before.  

As for the tissue box, I like your use of the contrasting wood trim.  It adds to the visual appeal of the piece, without competing with the fretwork.  Nice work!

[dvdneal]

I need to get better at finishing so my stuff looks that good.

[Charlie E]

Perfection!

[heppnerguy]

She will not only be very pleased with the gift but you will be thought of every time she takes a tissue from it. I am sure that this nice box will be around for as many years as she is. Great job and well thought out.

Dick

heppnerguy

[wombatie]

A perfect gift.  Something that she will use everyday.  Fabulous work.

Marg

[John B]

On 5/6/2022 at 1:40 AM, FrankEV said:

Excelent Job.  Love that each face has a different cutting. The dark trim on the light box is just beautiful. 

What tool did you use to miter the corner trim?

30% Gloss Lacquer?  Mix your own?  Spray or brush on?   You should not tease and put something out there that is different with out an explanation..

Thanks Frank.
The Lacquer I purchased. It is an Australian brand "Maxiwood" made by Wattle. The 30% is the amount of shine (reflection in) the finished project with 100% being full gloss. It gives a very nice soft natural look with a glass like feel. I use a spray gun to apply it. It last quite awhile as it is thinned 2 parts thinner to 1 part lacquer prior to spraying.
The edge trim around the top of the box I mitred with a hand mitre saw as it is quite delicate being only 3mm thick and Jarrah is very hard and old Jarrah can be brittle. I only use 2nd hand Jarrah. I do have a very nice Dewalt mitre saw but I find doing things by hand on delicate stuff is better.
The corner pieces are not mitred they are cut in an L shape on my table saw.
 

[John B]

On 5/6/2022 at 3:14 AM, Bill WIlson said:

I had to look up "bursar" as I had never heard that term before.  

As for the tissue box, I like your use of the contrasting wood trim.  It adds to the visual appeal of the piece, without competing with the fretwork.  Nice work!

Thanks Bill.
To be quite honest I had never heard of the term actually being used until the Missus started teaching at a catholic School.
I had various sizes of jarrah trim all over the bench trying to get the proportions correct. What I see in my minds eye sometimes does not translate to the real world

[John B]

On 5/6/2022 at 4:39 AM, dvdneal said:

I need to get better at finishing so my stuff looks that good.

You will, practice and patience. It took a 5 year apprenticeship and many years of application for me to achieve this, and I am still learning.
I have found, over the years, that many people tend to treat the finishing as an aside to making the actual item, with the thought "Now all I have to do is finish it". Every step of the way is important and the finish will only ever be as good as the preparation.
I hope this doesn't come over like I have a big head, I am only offering some advice and you kn ow what they say, it is only worth what you pay for it.

Edited May 7, 2022 by John B

[John B]

23 hours ago, heppnerguy said:

She will not only be very pleased with the gift but you will be thought of every time she takes a tissue from it. I am sure that this nice box will be around for as many years as she is. Great job and well thought out.

Dick

heppnerguy

 

21 hours ago, wombatie said:

A perfect gift.  Something that she will use everyday.  Fabulous work.

Marg

Thanks Dick and Marg,
I should of included a spare box of tissues. As Karen had quite an emotional day with the School kids making a presentation and the staff another . Not to mention a few individual gifts from staff and parents.
She will be missed, but we all have to take advantage of opportunities when they are placed in our way.

[FrankEV]

7 hours ago, John B said:

Thanks Frank.
The Lacquer I purchased. It is an Australian brand "Maxiwood" made by Wattle. The 30% is the amount of shine (reflection in) the finished project with 100% being full gloss. It gives a very nice soft natural look with a glass like feel. I use a spray gun to apply it. It last quite awhile as it is thinned 2 parts thinner to 1 part lacquer prior to spraying.
The edge trim around the top of the box I mitred with a hand mitre saw as it is quite delicate being only 3mm thick and Jarrah is very hard and old Jarrah can be brittle. I only use 2nd hand Jarrah. I do have a very nice Dewalt mitre saw but I find doing things by hand on delicate stuff is better.
The corner pieces are not mitred they are cut in an L shape on my table saw.
 

TY.  I have, and use, the same hand miter saw.  Works well and very accurate.

That Jarrah is beautiful.

And TY for the info on the 30% Lacquer.  I'm not set up to spray with a gun so forced to use spray cans.  Our cans are gloss, semi-gloss and satin.  Sounds like 30% is like our satin. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Blaughn]

Beautifully executed - scrolling as well as woodworking.  Superb!