John Parilla from the Parillaworks YouTube channel is a friend and I totally ripped this leather technique for the inside of the box from him. However, if you have some jerk friends that are woodworkers I’m sure they’ll inspect it and call you out on the lack of grain continuity. Obviously if you don’t have bicolored wood, the grain continuity issues will be less apparent. Therefore, grain continuity is extremely important and over sanding or removing material on the inside can affect how your grain lines up. The idea with this box is to have a seamless transition so that when the box is lidded, it looks singular. I chose a piece of wood that was sapwood and heartwood. You do have to be careful here because sanding too aggressively… or if you’re not listening to me then busting out the chisels and paring down… can create some grain continuity issues. In this case it was my table saw surface. Step 4: RefiningĪfter you’re refined and pared, sand the inside lips of the box with a piece of sandpaper on a flat surface. Work in the direction that increases the margin of error. The smart play would have been to chisel from that side across and probably take smaller bites. However, you’ll notice that I’m chiseling into that line that comes across the grain. For starters, severing across the grain first with the chisel is the smart play. There’s a couple really important points here that will make your life a lot easier and prevent you from making a mistake like I did where I blew out a huge chunk with the chisel. Since I wanted the challenge of doing this strictly with hand tools, I bulked out the waste with a chisel, instead of using a router or a drill to hog out most of the waste. I’ve really taken to this technique even in western style applications and find that it gets me the cleanest and straightest results. I adhere to the Japanese carpentry technique of sawing from the corner first and then flipping the piece once you get to about halfway. You’ll either have a good box or something that’s crooked and stupid real quick if you’re not sawing straight. Sawing is the life blood of this project to be completely honest.
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