shaker oval box
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dgscott
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Mother Ann would be proud -- very nice indeed!
Doug
Doug
rjwolfe3
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Very nice!
mickr
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I sure hope she is..a tough gal..she probably would think I'm a weenie.I used my performax sander to get the right thicknesses
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VisExp
Member
Very nice. I love Shaker boxes. Do you taper the thickness at the ends? Just wondering how you do that with the performax.
mickr
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..the quick answer is you don't..I use a regular belt sander to taper the ends..hand held & quick & dirty..one end tapered so the overlap isn't too fat & the other at the finger end so it is not so hard to cut the fingers and shape them....I love shaker boxes too..they are a grand look back to woodworking techniques of years ago that made the trip to today..very useful and can be very very pretty
VisExp
Member
That makes sense. Thanks for the reply.
mikemac
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Nice.. I'm keen to build a few as well. Did you actually steam bend them around the form?
mickr
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I believe that was answered in my original post...do I not understand your question? Are you suggesting can be made a different way? I've made & sold hundreds over the years and steambending is the only way I am aware of, and since I am reproducing the shakers..I bend as they did
mikemac
Member
Hmm.. must pay more attention :biggrin:
Do you have any pics of the box you use for steaming.. interested in building my own...
M.
Do you have any pics of the box you use for steaming.. interested in building my own...
M.
bitshird
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Neat work, nice to see some old methods are still around.
mickr
Member
Make it long..as the box sizes increase ( they are sized to go inside each other) the bands get very long..I use a gutter with ends..and a wood top...put on my kitchen gas range to heat hope that helps