I was wondering how I could go about making a box from a solid piece
of wood without cutting all the way through. I may not be explaining
it right, but what I want to make would be similar to The Stump Box
found on this page, http://www.wilkersonbox.com/jewelryboxes.html

Thanks,
Andy

On 8 Sep 2004 12:33:36 -0700, (Andy) wrote:

I was wondering how I could go about making a box from a solid piece
of wood without cutting all the way through.

You need a bandsaw and a large supply of cheap logs. You _will_ get
failures, because it's near impossible to dry a log "in the round"
without it cracking. Try googling for "bandsaw boxes"

For small work, or for extra neatness, use a powered fretsaw instead
of a bandsaw. This is a lot of sawing though, so don't strain or
overheat the motor on a cheap fretsaw. However with usable fretsaws at
£30, it's hard not to give it a try. Cheap bandsaws OTOH are rubbish.

You have to do this by cutting all the way through. If it looks as if
it didn't, it's a cheat where the solid back was saw off first, then
glued back on. Work neatly and the join is invisible.

The problem with drying logs or disks is often discussed. Depending on
species, you'll probably find about 4" your maximum viable diameter.
If you remove the centre from a log, then you'll have much more
success in drying them. It's a question of "rings" shrinking and no
longer fitting around a solid centre - remove the centre and the rings
can shrink freely. So if you rough-saw your boxes green, then they
shouldn't crack, but you'll need to sand the inner drawer to make them
fit well again.

--
Smert' spamionam

There is a book called "Band saw boxes" or something to that effect.

ah- here it is....

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...040453-7419315

You do cut all the way thru. You cut off the back, than cut out the
drawers, then cut off the drawer fronts. Cut out the insides of the
drawers, than start glueing it all back together.

Kinda fun to do a few times, I wouldn't want to make a habit out of
it.

-Dan V.

On 8 Sep 2004 12:33:36 -0700, (Andy) wrote:

I was wondering how I could go about making a box from a solid piece
of wood without cutting all the way through. I may not be explaining
it right, but what I want to make would be similar to The Stump Box
found on this page, http://www.wilkersonbox.com/jewelryboxes.html

Thanks,
Andy