Alright, I’ve been meaning to start a thread here with my plans for the box contest for a while now, so here we go.
I scrapped my original plan to make a combined salt and spice box, and instead decided to make a Tak (board game) board with storage for the pieces.
#asmand’s box
normal furnace
There are quite a lot of new techniques and skills required, and a lot of yak shaving in order to even try out if it is feasible.
The playing area will be the lid of the box, constructed as a mitered frame of alder, with the actual game board as a floating panel made of aspen.
The playing field will be made by inlaying the aspen with thin strips of oak, alder and aspen.
Need to build something more exact and comfortable for scoring the lines
Also need a way to get thin and consistent strips of wood
The frame for the lid will also have some kind of profile. Probably will try to make something with a shoulder plane.
The actual body of the box will be made from ash. Suitable considering the source of the game too. Sized around 30x30 cm. Not a tall box. Bottom will probably be a spruce panel that will sit in a groove.
When it comes to the feet of the box, I was hoping to make something of alder, to match the frame of the lid.
Something like this, where the high part will be inside the box.
Not sure if I need some kind of trim along the bottom of the carcass to tie the feet together
Finger painting on phone, ok. Gimme a break 😛
Will probably do my first test with hinges too for the lid.
Oh, game pieces will be made of either aspen and alder, or aspen and oak. I think the pores of the oak will be a bit much on small pieces, so leaning towards alder.
prime warren
can you elaborate the foot to box plan a bit?
normal furnace
That’s the part I’m having the most doubts about. I’ll try to do a drawing from below, or fake a photo tonight.
prime warren
I think consider how those two things meet, you want an overlap usually
I wouldn't extend the whole profile on the side probably, but a single recess might tie it, probably better to see how it looks and iterate
normal furnace
@prime warren alternatives
Think it’ll be better lower
Might also cut away to make it more curved
prime warren
that transition from box to foot should be a shadow line
overlap that, probably one way or the other
looks "right" and hides sins
normal furnace
Yeah, was thinking of removing more material so the box will “sink into” the foot
prime warren
yea, that
have the foot profile do what's picture there, the pad comes out a similar proportion to the foot from the box
the lines look much better in the drawing than the photo
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More like that
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Alright, ready to rip
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Bench takes one for the team
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Ripcut done, some cleanup before resawing. I will get the four sides from this one.
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Practice for doing lines to accept stringing
Yak shaving: made something to aid in making really thin material for the grid inlay.
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Resawn
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First round of face flattening done. They’ll rest stickered until tomorrow, and then it’s round 2 + edges
