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I passed the timber merchant today and checked their 'scrap bin' for any hardwood and found two lumps of oak, a nicely grained piece of pine and a shorter lump of Sapele(?) so spent £10 and brought them home.
The Sapele (might be something else but that is my best guess) was riddled with wood worm but was fine for me to play with so I chopped a bit off the end and trimmed the edges to clean them up.
I used the band saw to cut it into various shapes and glued a few bits together. This is why carpenters always say that you can't have enough clamps, I could have done with a few more, or different ones I am sure.
Once the glue had dried I fixed it all together. Clearly not finished but not bad for about 45 minutes work I thought.
The handle for the main drawer is made from some of the resin I used to make the magazine table it is stood on. There was a teeny, tiny hole in the table that allowed loads of resin to leak onto the table so I need to buy another KG of resin to finish the table.
The small drawer is opened by the hidden finger pull exposed when you open the main drawer.
Okay, it will need the drawer edges routing and the whole thing properly sanding then varnishing to make it look pretty but not bad for a first attempt I thought. Not sure the wood worm holes improve it though.
Suggestions for finishing are welcome - flock lined drawers anyone?
Noooooooooooo!
😉😂
What is it? Somewhere to store weed?
[i]What is it? Somewhere to store weed?[/i]
No idea but it seems to be compulsory in the US to make at least a dozen as soon as you buy a bandsaw.
Personally I think that they are the epitome of naff but Kayak posted a picture of one on my last thread so I assumed he wanted me to make one 🙂
I was expecting more blood tbh.
Not my cup of tea, but I guess a good exercise in getting used to the machine. Did you buy it with a particular job/project in mind?
Not my cup of tea, but I guess a good exercise in getting used to the machine
This.
Also, they burn fairly well.
Maybe try that next.
[i]Not my cup of tea, but I guess a good exercise in getting used to the machine. Did you buy it with a particular job/project in mind?[/i]
No one project, more because it is a damned useful tools. It is a lot quicker to whack something through the band saw than to clear the workbench and use the table saw mounted in that. Also gives a much better finish and for little stuff, which is most of what I do, quicker to use when you factor in the sanding etc required. It is up there with my pillar saw for things I didn't need but are so much better than easier than the alternatives I had.
I suspect the boxes will sell quite easily at £20 - £30 each, and having discovered just how quick and easy they are to do, I may well bang out a dozen or so using the rest of the wood worm ruined wood. That should pay for the materials, a replacement sanding belt that I put a snag in the other day and leave change to pay off most of the cost of the band saw.
You should also do some signs that says
"Home sweet home", "Love" and finally if you are feeling a little fruity "You don't have to be crazy to work here but it helps!!"
All looks good in all seriousness. What bandsaw did you go for and how much was it if you don't mind me asking? I am also in the market for one. I am trying to justify a second hand elktra 315 or similar as they look solid ish.
I suspect the boxes will sell quite easily at £20 – £30 each,
Where would you go about selling them? I know Etsy etc but there s EMS to be so much on there it seems difficult to be seen in the noise.
I suspect the boxes will sell quite easily at £20 – £30 each
You'll have to convince people that the woodworm have exited through the holes
I have various art exhibitions and my wonderful pedlars cart to sell from. At the moment I have paintings at £150 - £500 and jewellery at £10 so looking at things to fill the middle ground. Cheap enough to be impulse purchase which tend to be slightly naff things so they fit that criteria.
Woodworm holes are artisan patina.
This bandsaw : https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01334FITW/ref=pe_27063361_487055811_TE_3p_dp_1
It seems good and having fitted a Tuffsaw blade it cuts quickly and cleanly and is capable of repeated fine cuts with little adjustment required beyond setting up the guide bearings. This is the first bandsaw box I made, just to see if I could cut vertically through 5cm of bamboo at 1mm or less thickness - ignore the build quality please.
For a minute i was genuinely excited by the thought someone was making a wiiden Kayak.
Nice weed box tho
I'm just confused. Both with what it is and the fact that I thought you were making a kayak 😂 And then thought oh no he's going to drown 😱
Looks an interesting little project, though I've no idea what I'd use such a thing for.
so looking at things to fill the middle ground. Cheap enough to be impulse purchase which tend to be slightly naff things so they fit that criteria.
I made some steam-bent boxes (on a woodworking course) that would fit this niche quite well. A bit more complicated, but might have a bit more of… erm… a universal appeal 
Most of the cutting was done on the bandsaw. Forming around the shape block was a bit fiddly, but otherwise very straightforward
Lovely those Batfink. A Shaker design I believe.
Yes - I was quite surprised how well they turned out: credit to the tutor I think! American walnut if I remember correctly
Plenty of plans for them online