[Woodworking] Bandsaw Box

[DAB]

made this yesterday, got the final coat of poly on today, it's cured, so i declare it is done.

some scrap oak i had laying around.

will give it away sunday at the pistol match, filled with some chocolate candy.

pics won't upload.....let me see if i can smack the gremlins....

[DAB]

for some reason, i cannot upload to here.

but you can go here for pics:

Happy Valentine's Day - General Woodworking - The Patriot Woodworker

edit - see also post 12

[snide]

Cool.

[mrvette]

Originally Posted by snide

Cool.

NO, VERY cool....MY ? is how you can control the wood when plunging a hole saw down the interior of the wood, and then how in hell you cut out the bottom/tip of the heart without shattering it all over the joint???

no need pix, but be nice, but just a tool/technique description be good....




talking about the main body depth of wood, not the top/bottom.....

if you did it by hand....hey, more power to you.....

[86RAG]

Very nice!

Is this a selfie? You look cold!

[OddBall]

Nice!

[DAB]

Originally Posted by 86RAG

Very nice!

Is this a selfie? You look cold!

that's me in June 1994, on the frozen runway at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, waiting for the mid-winter airdrop. it was a little cold that day, about -35F or so.

[DAB]

Originally Posted by mrvette

NO, VERY cool....MY ? is how you can control the wood when plunging a hole saw down the interior of the wood, and then how in hell you cut out the bottom/tip of the heart without shattering it all over the joint???

no need pix, but be nice, but just a tool/technique description be good....




talking about the main body depth of wood, not the top/bottom.....

if you did it by hand....hey, more power to you.....

oh Gene.....

next one I do, i'll take in-progress pics so you can see the process. it's pretty simple actually. you just have to think ahead a bit.

[mrvette]

Originally Posted by DAB

oh Gene.....

next one I do, i'll take in-progress pics so you can see the process. it's pretty simple actually. you just have to think ahead a bit.

Jig saw? looks too small for a sawzall....so how you finish the interior???

and cutting down to the tip/point on bottom of the heart....HOW???

just a description man.....OLD house rebilder here just can't imagine any wood cut that fine.....

[DAB]

Originally Posted by mrvette

Jig saw? looks too small for a sawzall....so how you finish the interior???

and cutting down to the tip/point on bottom of the heart....HOW???

just a description man.....OLD house rebilder here just can't imagine any wood cut that fine.....

ok, follow along here, only doing this once:

glue up 5 pieces of oak, about 5" square each, let cure overnight.

unclamp, draw outline of heart on top.

saw heart shaped chunk, discard cutoff pieces.

got it so far?

now turn 90 degrees and cut off the top and bottom, about 1/4" thick or so, label and set aside.

take remaining heart shaped piece, turn back to original orientation, select starting point, in this case, near the pointy end.

carefully, in one cut, cut out another heart shaped piece, leaving about 1/4" of shell/body remaining. when you get to end of where you started your cut, turn off bandsaw, and back the wood out.

remove just cut inner heart shaped piece, set aside.

now we have a top, a bottom, and a hollow middle.

get the small heart piece back, turn 90 degrees, and cut off the top of that, the end that matches to the bigger top. save that slice, it'll be glued to the underside of the bigger top.

glue the bottom to the middle. glue the inner top to the outer top.

take some sawdust and glue, fill in the kerf.

sand and finish. confounding young children all over.

got it?

[Dan Dlabay]

Really looks nice.

[DAB]

pic - finally.

[mrvette]

Originally Posted by DAB

ok, follow along here, only doing this once:

glue up 5 pieces of oak, about 5" square each, let cure overnight.

unclamp, draw outline of heart on top.

saw heart shaped chunk, discard cutoff pieces.

got it so far?

now turn 90 degrees and cut off the top and bottom, about 1/4" thick or so, label and set aside.

take remaining heart shaped piece, turn back to original orientation, select starting point, in this case, near the pointy end.

carefully, in one cut, cut out another heart shaped piece, leaving about 1/4" of shell/body remaining. when you get to end of where you started your cut, turn off bandsaw, and back the wood out.

remove just cut inner heart shaped piece, set aside.

now we have a top, a bottom, and a hollow middle.

get the small heart piece back, turn 90 degrees, and cut off the top of that, the end that matches to the bigger top. save that slice, it'll be glued to the underside of the bigger top.

glue the bottom to the middle. glue the inner top to the outer top.

take some sawdust and glue, fill in the kerf.

sand and finish. confounding young children all over.

got it?

HOW in hell you get a bandsaw blade into the center of that wood ?? much less cut circumference on the top, much less the tip on the bottom??

need a recip saw to do that, as the outside wood surrounds the cut....so HOW??? unless you gluing the surround/outside/curved wood....???

[DAB]

Originally Posted by mrvette

HOW in hell you get a bandsaw blade into the center of that wood ?? much less cut circumference on the top, much less the tip on the bottom??

need a recip saw to do that, as the outside wood surrounds the cut....so HOW??? unless you gluing the surround/outside/curved wood....???

:facepalm:

you didn't follow my directions, did you.

next time i do one, i'll take more pics.

[Black94lt1]

Nice work, based on the title I was expecting a box to put a bandsaw in

[DAB]

Originally Posted by Black94lt1

Nice work, based on the title I was expecting a box to put a bandsaw in

those are a little bigger....

[OddBall]

Originally Posted by mrvette

HOW in hell you get a bandsaw blade into the center of that wood ?? much less cut circumference on the top, much less the tip on the bottom??

need a recip saw to do that, as the outside wood surrounds the cut....so HOW??? unless you gluing the surround/outside/curved wood....???

Somewhere in the heart, he drilled out a hole that was wider than the saw blade. Then he snipped the bandsaw blade, passed it through the hole and then welded the blade back together. When the center is cut out, he re-snips the blade and removes it from the heart and then throws the blade away.

<snicker>

[DAB]

Originally Posted by OddBall

Somewhere in the heart, he drilled out a hole that was wider than the saw blade. Then he snipped the bandsaw blade, passed it through the hole and then welded the blade back together. When the center is cut out, he re-snips the blade and removes it from the heart and then throws the blade away.

<snicker>

you know, you're pretty smart for an idiot....

told him above how it is done, but he doesn't read so well.

[OddBall]

Originally Posted by DAB

you know, you're pretty smart for an idiot....

told him above how it is done, but he doesn't read so well.

Well, I don't mean to brag, but I didn't even have to sleep at a Holiday Inn.

[DAB]

Originally Posted by OddBall

Well, I don't mean to brag, but I didn't even have to sleep at a Holiday Inn.

i dub thee: Wile E. Coyote - supergenius!